bgr_857277 - MYSIA - PERGAMON Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 310-284 AC.
Mint name / Town : Mysie, Pergame
Metal : copper
Diameter : 12 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,92 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli portrait d’Athéna. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d’Athéna (Minerve) à droite, coiffée du casque attique timbré d’une étoile.
Reverse
Reverse description : Deux étoiles à six rais.
Reverse legend : PERG/ Q
Reverse translation : (Pergame).
Commentary
Seuls deux exemplaires sont conservés au Cabinet des médailles de la BNF (SNG. France 5, n° 1587-1588, pl. 79) avec des poids très différents, 1,17 g et 0,77 g et au moins deux millimètres de diamètre.
Only two examples are kept in the BNF Medal Cabinet (SNG. France 5, n° 1587-1588, pl. 79) with very different weights, 1.17 g and 0.77 g and at least two millimeters in diameter
Only two examples are kept in the BNF Medal Cabinet (SNG. France 5, n° 1587-1588, pl. 79) with very different weights, 1.17 g and 0.77 g and at least two millimeters in diameter
Historical background
MYSIA - PERGAMON
(310-284 BC)
Pergame, located about twenty kilometers from the Mysian coast was in a fertile region, the Caicos Valley. Founded at an unknown date, it gained importance from Alexander III the Great. The city experienced a period of splendor under the energetic domination of the Attalids.
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