bgr_867184 - AIOLIS - GRYNION Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 306 AC.
Mint name / Town : Grynion, Éolide
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,63 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Beau portrait. Usure régulière. Patine foncée
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Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon de trois quarts de face à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse description : Moule.
Reverse legend : GURHNWN
Reverse translation : (Grynion).
Historical background
AIOLIS - GRYNION
(4th century BC)
Grynion, a coastal city, located 40 stadia from Myrhina, with a very ancient foundation, was famous for its marble temple of Apollo. The city was destroyed at the end of the 4th century BC by Parmenion in 306.
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