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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Mysia| > |Other Mysia| > GB85914
Priapus, Mysia, 3rd Century B.C.
|Other| |Mysia|, |Priapus,| |Mysia,| |3rd| |Century| |B.C.|, Priapos (Karabiga, Turkey today) is located on the Mysian coast, on a small east-facing bay at the mouth of the Biga River, about a third of the distance from ancient Parium to Cyzicus. Strabo mentions that the area produced fine wine and that the god Priapus gave the town its ancient name. Thucydides mentions the town as a naval station. In 334 B.C., the town surrendered to Alexander the Great without contest, prior to the Battle of Granicus. Deities worshiped there included Demeter, Apollo, Artemis, and Dionysus. Under the Eastern Roman Empire, the town was known as Pegae and was the site of a Byzantine fortress.
GB85914. Bronze AE 11, SNGvA supp. 7527, Lindgren III 291, SNG BnF -, SNG Cop -, BMC Mysia -, SGCV II -, VF, green patina, tight flan, Priapus (Karabiga, Turkey) mint, weight 0.897g, maximum diameter 11.0mm, die axis 0o, 3rd century B.C.; obverse laureate, facing head of Apollo; reverse ΠPI/AΠH, lobster or crayfish right; very rare; SOLD











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