v31_0067 - MYSIA – PARION / PARIUM Hemidrachme
MONNAIES 31 (2007)
Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 270.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 351.00 €
Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 270.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 351.00 €
Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 350-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Parium
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 2,42 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan. Légèrement décentré au droit. Très beau portrait de Méduse au revers. Épaisse patine grise légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Bœuf debout à gauche, tournant la tête à droite.
Obverse legend : P-A/RI
Reverse
Reverse description : Tête de Gorgone de face, la chevelure stylisée, la bouche ouverte, la langue pendante.
Commentary
Style archaïsant.
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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