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 View CategoriesHome > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Caria| > |Other Caria| > GB40774Bargylia, Caria, 2nd - 1st Century B.C. According to myth, Bargylia, on the coast of Caria between Iasos and Myndus, was founded by Bellerophon in honor of his companion Bargylos, who had been killed by a kick from Pegasus. Near Bargylia was the Temple of Artemis Kindyas. Strabo reports the local belief that rain would fall around the temple but never touch it.
GB40774. Bronze AE 15, SNG Cop 178, F, Bargylia (Bogazici, Turkey) mint, weight 2.567g, maximum diameter 14.5mm, die axis 270o, obverse forepart of Pegasos right; reverse BAPΓYΛIHTΩN, forepart of stag right; scarce; SOLD
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