bgr_949862 - MYSIA - GAMBRION Quart d’unité
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Type : Quart d’unité
Date: c. 350-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Gambrion, Mysie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 9,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 0,99 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Très beau portrait d’Apollon ainsi qu’un revers bien venu à la frappe. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Taureau chargeant à gauche.
Commentary
Type inhabituel.
Historical background
MYSIA - GAMBRION
(4th - 3rd century BC)
We have little information on this island city, located not far from Pergame whose first coinage seems to begin at the beginning of the 4th century BC with Gorgion, dynast around 399 BC reported by Xenophon, Hellenic (III. 1.6).
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