bgr_679330 - MYSIA – PRIAPOS / PRIAPUS Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 250 AC.
Mint name / Town : Priapos, Mysie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 4,84 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée, usure régulière, joli revers. Patine verte
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque.
Reverse
Reverse description : Crevette à droite.
Reverse legend : PRIAPHNWN
Reverse translation : (de Priapos).
Commentary
Représentation du revers tout à fait inhabituelle.
Very unusual reverse representation
Very unusual reverse representation
Historical background
MYSIA – PRIAPOS / PRIAPUS
(3rd - 2nd century BC)
Priapos was located east of Parion, on the coast of Propontis. Priaos was a Cyzicene colony. The city was famous for the worship and the temple of its eponymous god.
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