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

MONNAIES 49 (2011)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
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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 :

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

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.

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

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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