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E-auction 163-99646 - bgr_395756 - CARIA - MYNDOS Unité

CARIA - MYNDOS Unité VF
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Estimate : 100 €
Price : 23 €
Maximum bid : 25 €
End of the sale : 30 May 2016 14:00:30
bidders : 8 bidders
Type : Unité
Date: c. 350-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Myndos, Carie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 11,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,39 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré à l’usure importante, lisible et identifiable. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Peus 407, n° 568, collection H. Maag

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée et barbue dePoséidon à droite.

Reverse


Reverse description : Dauphin à droite.
Reverse legend : MU.
Reverse translation : (Myndos).

Commentary


Monnaie qui est parfois attribué à Myus (Ionie) (Head, p. 586-587, GC. 4524).

Historical background


CARIA - MYNDOS

(4th century BC)

Myndos, a Dorian colony, was reputed to have been founded by the Trojans. The city was located about twenty kilometers from Halicarnassus on the coast. Coinage would not begin until the 2nd century BC and came under the influence of the Egyptians who had occupied the region.

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