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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Mysia| > |Other Mysia| > GB81404
Pitane, Mysia, c. 4th Century B.C.
|Other| |Mysia|, |Pitane,| |Mysia,| |c.| |4th| |Century| |B.C.|, Pitane was in the Delian League in the 5th century B.C. When the Athenian empire collapsed at the end of the 5th century B.C., Persia took control of Mysia, but allowed the cities considerable autonomy. In 335 B.C., Alexander's general Parmenion laid siege to the city, but the Persian general Memnon of Rhodes saved it. Pitane maintained its independence as a free city throughout the Hellenistic period. In the mid-second century B.C., Pergamon arbitrated a dispute between Pitane and Mytilene on nearby Lesbos over territory Pitane had purchased from the Seleucid king Antiochus I Soter. In 84 B.C. Mithridates VI while evading the Roman general Gaius Flavius Fimbria fled to Pitane, where he was besieged by Fimbria before escaping to Mytilene by sea.
GB81404. Bronze AE 11, BMC Mysia p. 171, 7; SNG Cop 534; SNG BnF 2350; SGCV II 3980; SNGvA -, gVF, nice style, Pitane (Candarli, Turkey) mint, weight 1.374g, maximum diameter 11.1mm, die axis 45o, c. 4th century B.C.; obverse horned head of Zeus Ammon right; reverse pentagram, pellet in center, Π-I flanking; SOLD











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