bgr_823131 - MYSIA – PARION / PARIUM Hemidrachme
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Price : 300.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2024)
Price : 300.00 €
Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Parium, Mysie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,42 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan court, idéalement centré. Très belle tête de Gorgone, finement détaillée. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Bœuf debout à gauche, tournant la tête à droite, posé sur un épi de blé couché, tourné 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.
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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