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Live auction - bgr_578695 - MYSIA – PARION / PARIUM Tétradrachme

MYSIA – PARION / PARIUM Tétradrachme MS/AU
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Estimate : 1 500 €
Price : 1 700 €
Maximum bid : 1 700 €
End of the sale : 08 September 2020 14:27:19
bidders : 6 bidders
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 280 AC.
Mint name / Town : Parium, Mysie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 30,5 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 17,11 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Portrait expressif de toute beauté. Patine grise de médailler
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe d'Alexandre le Grand sous les traits de Zeus-Ammon, cornu et diadémé à droite.

Reverse


Reverse description : Athéna nicéphore assise à gauche sur un trône, tenant une petite Niké de la main droite qui couronne le nom de Lysimaque et le coude gauche reposant sur un bouclier orné d'un masque de lion ; un monogramme dans le champ à gauche entre le nom du roi et Athéna.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ LUSIMACOU/ (PAR)/ (ER), (Bsilews Lusimacou).
Reverse translation : (du roi Lysimaque).

Commentary


Cette combinaison connue de Müller au XIXe siècle n’est pas reprise dans l’article de M. Thompson ce qui semblerait indiquer un monnayage posthume.

Historical background


MYSIA – PARION / PARIUM

(3rd century BC)

Coinage in the name and Lysimachos type

The coinage of Lysimachus did not stop with the death of the King in 281 BC but continued to be minted in Thrace and in the workshops of the Black Sea until the 1st century BC. Parion or Parium was founded in 710 BC It was located between Lampsaque and Cyzicus at the mouth of the Hellespont on the Propontis.

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