v38_0195 - MYSIA – PARION / PARIUM Hemidrachme
MONNAIES 38 (2009)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 350-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Parium
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 2,17 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan légèrement décentré au droit. Très beau portrait de Méduse au revers. Patine grise légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Bœuf debout à gauche, tournant la tête à droite.
Obverse legend : PA/RI
Obverse translation : (Parium).
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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