bgr_848863 - CARIA - MYNDOS Drachme
370.00 €(Approx. 392.20$ | 307.10£)
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Type : Drachme
Date: c. 150-75 AC.
Mint name / Town : Myndos, Carie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 2,88 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, centré. Joli portrait de Zeus. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Coiffe d’Isis posée sur un foudre ; au-dessous, un astre à huit rais.
Reverse legend : M-UNDIw/N/ E-PIGONOS.
Reverse translation : (de Myndos/ Epigonos).
Commentary
Poids léger.
Historical background
CARIA - MYNDOS
(2nd - 1st century BC)
Myndos, a Dorian colony, was reputed to have been founded by the Trojans. The city was located about twenty kilometers from Halicarnassus on the coast. Coinage would not begin until the 2nd century BC and came under the influence of the Egyptians who had occupied the region.
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