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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Mysia| > |Lampsakos| > GB86426
Lampsacus, Mysia, Memnon of Rhodes, 360 - 340 B.C.
|Lampsakos|, |Lampsacus,| |Mysia,| |Memnon| |of| |Rhodes,| |360| |-| |340| |B.C.|, In Ashton Memnon, pp. 11-15, Ashton suggests that this rare Rhodian-like type chalkous was struck at Lampsacus by Memnon of Rhodes at a time when he controlled the city, and that the coins with ME specifically refer to him, while those inscribed EY and NI are possibly his subordinates.
GB86426. Bronze chalkous, Ashton Memnon 1; SNG Cop (Caria) 914, Imhoof-Blumer KM p. 167, 6; BMC Caria p. 221, 4; Waddington 2813, VF, dark green patina, a few tiny deposits, surface fissures, Lampsakos (Lapseki, Turkey) mint, weight 0.715g, maximum diameter 9.6mm, die axis 0o, time of Memnon, 360 - 340 B.C.; obverse radiate youthful head of Helios right head of Helios on rayed solar disk; reverse rose, bud left, M - E flanking across field below center; very rare, only 14 examples known to Ashton; SOLD




  







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