E-auction 291-210942 - bgr_506554 - MYSIA - GAMBRION Unité
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| Estimate : | 75 € |
| Price : | 20 € |
| Maximum bid : | 26 € |
| End of the sale : | 12 November 2018 14:04:00 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Unité
Date: c. 350-250 AC.
Mint name / Town : Gambrion, Mysie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,34 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan légèrement décentré au droit, bien venu à la frappe au revers. Sans patine
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque.
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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