Ancient Coinage of Troas, Gergis

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BMC 1Gergis, Troas, AR Hemiobol, 8 mm, 0.47 g. 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Sibyl Herophile facing slightly right. / ΓEΡ, Sphinx sitting right. BMC 1; Weber 5374; Traité II-2, 2392; Jameson 2230; Sear 4097.TextImage
BMC 2-3Gergis, Troas, AE15, 400-241 BC. 1.74 g. Three-quarter facing head of Sibyl Herophile, turned slightly right, learing laurel wreath and pendant necklace. / ΓEΡ, Sphinx sitting right. BMC 2-3; SNG Tuebingen 2598-2599; SNG von Aulock 1516; SNG Cop 338; Weber 5375; McClean 7823; Lindgren I 363; Sear 4098.TextImage
BMC 5Gergis, Troas, AE17, 4.15 g. 400-241 BC. Laureate head of Sibyl Herophile facing slightly right. / ΓEΡ, Sphinx sitting right, corn ear below. BMC 5-8; Luynes 2515; SNG Cop 339; SNG Fitz 1146; SNG von Aulock 1514; SNG Tuebingen 2596-2597.TextImage
Boston 2324Gergis, Troas, AR Hemidrachm, 11 mm, 1.84 g. 350-300 BC. Sphinx sitting right. / Head of gorgoneion facing within incuse circle. Boston MFA 2324 (unattributed mint); SNG Fitz 4614 (ditto).TextImage
Dusseldorf 8108Gergis, Troas, AE 9mm, 1 g. 400-241 BC. Laureate head of Sibyl Herophile facing slightly right. / ΓEΡ, Sphinx sitting left. Düsseldorf coll. 8108 otherwise unpublished.TextImage
Lazzarini 5Gergis, Troas, AR obol. 9mm, 0.55 g. ca 350-300 BC. Wreathed head of Sibyl Herophile facing slightly right. / ΓEΡ above sphinx sitting right. Lazzarini fig. 5. Apparently unpublished as obol, but several have been sold at auction since 2007.TextImage
SNG Cop 338Troas, Gergis. Circa 4th-3rd Century BC. AE13mm, 1.34 g. Head of Sibyl Herophile right, three-quarters facing / ΓEΡ, Sphinx sitting right. SNG von Aulock 1515; SNG Ashmolean 1147; SNG Cop 338.TextImage
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SNG Turkey 9, 544Gergis, Troas, AE 14mm, 4.86 g. 350-241 BC. Laureate head of Sibyl Herophile facing slightly right. / ΓEΡ, Sphinx sitting right. AMT monogram in left field, caduceus in exergue. SNG Turkey 9, 544 corr. (symbol mistaken for a corn ear).TextImage
Sear 4097See BMC 1 above
Sear 4098See BMC 2-3 above
Sear 4099Gergis, Troas, AE17, 400-241 BC. 3.6 g. Three-quarter facing head of Sibyl Herophile, turned slightly right, wearing laurel wreath and pendant necklace./ ΓEΡ, Sphinx sitting right, grain ear below. BMC 5-8; SNG Tuebingen 2594 and 2596-2597; Luynes 2515; SNG von Aulock 1514; SNG Cop 339. TextImage
Entry for Troas, Gergis on the Digital Historia Numorum
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