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| Issuer | Parion (Mysia) |
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| Year | 350 BC - 320 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Reverse description | Facing gorgoneion depicted full face and centrally placed within the die, featuring large wide-set eyes, a broad flat nose, and an open mouth displaying rows of teeth with tongue protruding, conveying the apotropaic grimace characteristic of the Medusa type. Serpentine coils frame the face on all sides, their sinuous forms filling the field to the coin's irregular edge. The rendering is bold and deeply struck, consistent with the accomplished die-cutting tradition of Parion, which maintained the gorgoneion as its principal reverse type across multiple denominations throughout the classical period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (350 BC - 320 BC) |
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