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bgr_649081 - CARIA - MYNDOS Unité

CARIA - MYNDOS Unité XF
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Price : 120.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: c. 150-50 AC.
Mint name / Town : Myndos, Carie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 4,74 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Usure régulière. Patine marron-vert
Catalogue references :
BMC.136  - Cop.447  - B. traité-

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Dionysos à droite.

Reverse

Reverse description : Chouette posée sur une branche d’olivier.
Reverse legend : MUNDI-ERMI.
Reverse translation : (Myndos).

Historical background

CARIA - MYNDOS

(2nd - 1st 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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