bgr_420775 - AIOLIS - GRYNION Unité
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Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: c. 306 AC.
Mint name / Town : Grynion, Éolide
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,40 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré. Jolie tête d’Apollon. Frappe un peu faible au revers. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de Solidus et de la collection Laurent F
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon de trois quarts de face à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse description : Moule.
Reverse legend : GURHNWN
Reverse translation : (Grynion).
Commentary
Semble de mêmes coins que l’exemplaire du British Museum reproduit dans l’ouvrage de D. Sear (GC. II, p. 387, n° 4208).
Appears to have the same corners as the British Museum copy reproduced in D. Sear's work (GC. II, p. 387, no. 4208)
Appears to have the same corners as the British Museum copy reproduced in D. Sear's work (GC. II, p. 387, no. 4208)
Historical background
AIOLIS - GRYNION
(4th century BC)
Grynion, a coastal city, located 40 stadia from Myrhina, with a very ancient foundation, was famous for its marble temple of Apollo. The city was destroyed at the end of the 4th century BC by Parmenion in 306.
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