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A holed, silver and base metal fourree coin of Parion showing a gorgoneion and a bull Coin Type: Silver and base metal holed fourrée hemidrachm of Parion in Mysia, 350-300 BCE
Size and Weight: 12mm x 13mm, 1.65g
Obverse: Gorgoneion with waved hair, snakes around but not attached.
Reverse: ΠA / PI
Bull standing left, head reverted.
Ref: GCV 3919
Provenance: Imperial Coins & Artifacts (Vcoins), May 2008.
BW Ref: 003 037 126
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