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A bronze coin of Mallos in Cilicia showing a gorgoneion and the head of the river-god Pyramos Coin Type: Bronze AE12 of Mallos in Cilicia.
Mint and Date: Mallos, 4th century BCE.
Size and Weight: 11mm x 12mm, 1.15g
Obverse: Wreathed head of river-god Pyramos right.
ΠY to left.
Reverse: Gorgoneion with calm, undistorted features.
Provenance: chimaira-antiques-coins (eBay), February 2011.
Ref: GCV —; SNG France 406-408; SNG Levante 172.
BW Ref: 001 053 168
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