v26_0068 - MYSIA - GAMBRION Unité de bronze, (PB, Æ 17)
MONNAIES 26 (2006)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
Realised price : 120.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 165.00 €
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
Realised price : 120.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 165.00 €
Type : Unité de bronze, (PB, Æ 17)
Date: c. 350-250 AC.
Mint name / Town : Gambrion
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,60 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Revers bien centré. Patine vert noir
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs.
Reverse
Reverse description : Astre à douze rayons.
Reverse legend : G/A/M.
Commentary
Type inhabituel. Dans la collection du Cabinet des médailles de la BnF, il y quatorze pièces de ce type ce qui constitue un ensemble exceptionnel.
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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