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| Issuer | Gargara |
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| Year | 400 BC - 300 BC |
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| Diameter | 16.0 mm |
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| Reverse description | Horse prancing or galloping to the right, depicted in a lively, animated pose with forelegs raised. The Greek inscription ΓΑΡ, abbreviating the city ethnic of Gargara, appears above and around the horse in the field. The design is executed in the characteristic style of Troadean civic bronze coinage of the fourth century BC. |
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| Mint | Gargara, Troad |
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Gargara was a minor Aeolian city on the southern slopes of Mount Ida in the Troad, founded as a Macedonian colony and perpetually overshadowed by its neighbors. The city's coinage is sparse enough that individual dies can often be traced across the surviving corpus — a handful of institutions hold the majority of known examples.