bgr_1187642 - MYSIA - ADRAMYTTIUM Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 400-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Adramytium, Mysie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,91 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée des deux côtés. Joli portrait de Zeus, bien venu à la frappe. Revers agréable à l’usure régulière. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus (Jupiter) à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse description : Cavalier passant à droite.
Reverse legend : ADRA/THNWN
Reverse translation : (Adramytium).
Historical background
MYSIA - ADRAMYTTIUM
(4th - 1st century BC)
Adramytium is said to have been founded by Adramys, the brother of Croesus, king of Lydia. The city was located in the gulf of the same name on the coast northwest of Pergamon.
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