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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     151583      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Greek Region:     AEOLIS City:     Grynium Metal:     Bronze Denomination:     AE 17 Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     BC Circa 4th-3rd Century Diameter:     17 mm Weight:     3.69 g Obverse Description:     Laureate three-quarter facing head of Apollo Reverse Legend:     ΓΥΡΝΗΩΝ Reverse Description:     Mussel shell Mint:     Grynium Primary Reference:     SNG Cop 202 Reference2:     SNG VA 7689 Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=45272 Grade:     Good VF Notes:     Herodotus, in his History (i.149) lists "Gryneion" as one of the eleven ancient cities of Aeolis. Every reference down to the present day notes Gryneion, Grynion or Grynium as the city name. Yet all the coins are clearly marked GURNHWN-"Gurneion". This is an example of "metatheses" or the transposition of syllables in a word. it would be interesting to find other ancient inscriptions with the city name to compare spellings.

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