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Æ19
| Issuer | Parion |
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| Year | 350 BC - 300 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bull standing left in charging posture upon a ground line, head lowered menacingly. Above the bull, a radiate solar symbol depicted as a sunburst or wheel with rays, occupying the upper field. The animal is rendered in high relief with careful attention to musculature, characteristic of the Hellenistic engraving tradition of Mysia. The composition fills the flan with bold, naturalistic authority. No legend is present on this side. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΠΑ |
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Parion, a Mysian Greek colony on the Propontis (modern Sea of Marmara), occupied a commercially vital position on the main shipping corridor between the Aegean and the Black Sea. The city's bronze coinage of this period was produced during decades of shifting Macedonian and Persian influence over the region, falling squarely in the contested years when Alexander's campaigns were beginning to redraw the political map of Asia Minor.
The SNG France reference cited as "cf." signals a close but not exact match — likely a die variant or minor typological deviation from the catalogued specimen.