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v49_0203 - MYSIA - GAMBRION Unité, (PB, Æ 17)

MYSIA - GAMBRION Unité, (PB, Æ 17) XF
MONNAIES 49 (2011)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Unité, (PB, Æ 17)
Date: c. 350-250 AC.
Mint name / Town : Mysie, Gambrion
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,60 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Revers bien centré. Patine vert noir
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES 26, n° 68 (2006)

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

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.
Unusual type. In the collection of the BnF Medal Cabinet, there are fourteen pieces of this type, which constitutes an exceptional set.

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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