bgr_513016 - MYSIA - GAMBRION Unité

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Price : 230.00 €

Type : Unité

Date: c. 350-250 AC.

Mint name / Town : Gambrion, Mysie

Metal : copper

Diameter : 17 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 4,07 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Flan bien centré. Présence de concrétions au revers. Très beau portrait d’Apollon. Patine foncée

Catalogue references :

Laffaille432 - GC.3871 - BMC.2 - SNG. France 5/910 - Aulock1085 - SNG. Bar677 - Cop.145 - GC.3871

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque.

Reverse

Reverse description : Astre à douze rayons.

Reverse legend : [G]/A/M.

Reverse translation : (Gambrion).

Commentary

Type inhabituel. Dans la collection du Cabinet des médailles de la BnF, il y quatorze pièces de ce type ce qui constitue un ensemble exceptionnel.

Historical background

MYSIA - GAMBRION

(4th - 3rd century BC)

We have little information on this island city, located not far from Pergame whose first coinage seems to begin at the beginning of the 4th century BC with Gorgion, dynast around 399 BC reported by Xenophon, Hellenic (III. 1.6).

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bgr_513016 - MYSIA - GAMBRION Unité

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

MYSIA - GAMBRION

(4th - 3rd century BC)

We have little information on this island city, located not far from Pergame whose first coinage seems to begin at the beginning of the 4th century BC with Gorgion, dynast around 399 BC reported by Xenophon, Hellenic (III. 1.6).

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