bgr_434940 - AIOLIS - GRYNION Demi-unité

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Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 250.00 €

Type : Demi-unité

Date: c. 306 AC.

Mint name / Town : Grynion, Éolide

Metal : copper

Diameter : 13 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 1,73 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré des deux côtés. Magnifique tête d’Apollon vu de trois quarts de face à gauche. Revers inhabituel. Belle patine marron foncé

Catalogue references :

BMC.3 - GC.4209

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon de trois quarts de face à gauche.

Reverse

Reverse description : Moule.

Reverse legend : GUR/N-H.

Reverse translation : (Grynion).

Commentary

Poids léger. Nous avons déjà eu l’occasion de proposer à la vente l’unité de cette série (bgr_420775).

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.

AIOLIS - GRYNION Unité VF

120.00 €

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AIOLIS - GRYNION Demi-unité XF

150.00 €

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AIOLIS - GRYNION Unité VF

120.00 €

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AIOLIS - GRYNION Demi-unité XF

140.00 €

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bgr_434940 - AIOLIS - GRYNION Demi-unité

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

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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