bgr_453360 - MYSIA – PARION / PARIUM Trihemidrachme
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Type : Trihemidrachme
Date: c. 480 AC.
Mint name / Town : Parium , Mysie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 3,72 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan globulaire à l’usure importante mais parfaitement identifiable
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de Savoca et de la collection Laurent F
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Gorgone archaïque vu de face (Gorgoneion).
Reverse
Reverse description : Carré creux avec motif cruciforme évidé centré d’un globule.
Commentary
Style archaïque prononcé, présentant un gorgoneion très particulier, archaîsant.
Historical background
MYSIA – PARION / PARIUM
(5th century BC)
Parion or Parium was founded in 710 BC It was located between Lampsaque and Cyzicus at the mouth of the Hellespont on the Propontis. Its coinage at the head of the Gorgon began at the beginning of the 5th century BC. In the following century, the gorgoneion passed from the obverse to the reverse. It normally adorned Athena's aegis and was believed to petrify any enemy who dared look it in the face..
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