bgr_286758 - CARIA - MYNDOS Drachme

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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 380.00 €

Type : Drachme

Date: c. 150-75 AC.

Mint name / Town : Myndos, Carie

Metal : silver

Diameter : 16,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 3,34 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un petit flan, un peu court au droit sur le barbe de Zeus. Très beau portrait. Revers énigmatique et intéressant. Patine grise avec des reflets dorés

Catalogue references :

BMC.1 - Aulock- - B. traité- - Cop.- - GC.4915 var. (2500£) - MKC.-

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus à droite.

Reverse

Reverse description : Coiffe d’Isis posée sur un foudre ; au-dessous, un astre à huit rais.

Reverse legend : M-UNDIw/N/ E-PIGONOS.

Reverse translation : (de Myndos/ Epigonos).

Commentary

Poids léger.

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.

CARIA - MYNDOS Drachme AU

370.00 €

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CARIA - MYNDOS Drachme XF/AU

350.00 €