v38_0195 - MYSIA – PARION / PARIUM Hemidrachme

MONNAIES 38 (2009)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
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Type : Hemidrachme

Date: c. 350-300 AC.

Mint name / Town : Parium

Metal : silver

Diameter : 13,5 mm

Orientation dies : 3 h.

Weight : 2,17 g.

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un petit flan légèrement décentré au droit. Très beau portrait de Méduse au revers. Patine grise légèrement granuleuse

Catalogue references :

BMC.14 - GC.3919 - Aulock1319 var.

Obverse

Obverse description : Bœuf debout à gauche, tournant la tête à droite.

Obverse legend : PA/RI.

Obverse translation : (Parium).

Reverse

Reverse description : Tête de Gorgone de face, la chevelure stylisée, la bouche ouverte, la langue pendante.

Commentary

Style archaïsant.

Historical background

MYSIA – PARION / PARIUM

(4th century BC)

Parium, located by the sea on the Propontis, at the mouth of the Hellespont between Lampsaque and Priapos, was an important and flourishing port. The city was founded in 710 BC and experienced its greatest period of development in the 4th century BC.

MYSIA – PARION / PARIUM Hemidrachme AU/AU

350.00 €

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MYSIA – PARION / PARIUM Hemidrachme XF/AU

220.00 €

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MYSIA – PARION / PARIUM Hemidrachme XF/AU

280.00 €

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MYSIA – PARION / PARIUM Unité XF

180.00 €

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MYSIA – PARION / PARIUM Hemidrachme XF/AU

260.00 €

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MYSIA – PARION / PARIUM Hemidrachme XF/AU

200.00 €

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v38_0195 - MYSIA – PARION / PARIUM Hemidrachme

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

MYSIA – PARION / PARIUM

(4th century BC)

Parium, located by the sea on the Propontis, at the mouth of the Hellespont between Lampsaque and Priapos, was an important and flourishing port. The city was founded in 710 BC and experienced its greatest period of development in the 4th century BC.

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