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Electronic Auction 529

Lot nuber 147

MYSIA, Gambrion. Gorgion. Circa 400 BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 1.50 g, 3h). VF.


Electronic Auction 529
Lot: 147.
 Estimated: $ 100

Greek, Silver

Sold For $ 950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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MYSIA, Gambrion. Gorgion. Circa 400 BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 1.50 g, 3h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Forepart of lion right within incuse circle. SNG Arikantürk –; cf. SNG BN 895 (tetrobol); Traité II 48 = J.-P. Six, "Monnaies grecques, inédites et incertaines" in NC 1894, p. 315, n. 2. Dark find patina, a little off center on reverse. VF. Extremely rare, none in CoinArchives.

Gorgion was a son of Gongylos the Eretrian, who, in 475 BC, had been awarded by the Persian King Xerxes I a number of cities of Mysia in return for his betrayal of the Greeks during the Persian Wars (Diod. 11.44). After his father's death (circa 425 BC?), Gorgion was given the towns of Gambrion and Palægambrion, while his brother, Gongylos II, received Myrina and Grynion (Xen. Hell. 3.1.6). The brothers joined the Spartan general Thimbron when he arrived in the region to support the Ionians against the Persian Tissaphernes, but they disappear from the historical record thereafter. The coins of Gorgion are only known from Gambrion, and are exceedingly rare.

Closing Date and Time: 14 December 2022 at 10:48:40 ET.

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