bgr_646682 - MYSIA - GAMBRION Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 350-250 AC.
Mint name / Town : Gambrion, Mysie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,82 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Belle tête d’Apollon. Revers de frappe un peu molle. Patine marron foncé granuleuse au revers
Catalogue references :
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.
Unusual type. In the collection of the BnF Medal Cabinet, there are fourteen pieces of this type, which constitutes an exceptional set.
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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