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ID:
721176
[UNVERIFIED]
Type:
Roman Provincial
Region:
PHRYGIA
City:
Prymnessus
Issuer:
Autonomous issue
Date Ruled:
AD Mid-3rd century
Metal:
Bronze
Denomination:
AE 24
Struck / Cast:
struck
Date Struck:
Mid-3rd century
Diameter:
24 mm
Weight:
7.30 g
Die Axis:
7 h
Obverse Legend:
BACIΛEVC MIΔAC
Obverse Description:
Draped bust of King Midas right, wearing Phrygian cap
Reverse Legend:
ΠΡΥMHCCIΕΩΝ
Reverse Description:
Dikaiosyne standing left, holding scales and sceptre
Primary Reference:
VA, Phrygiens 955/962 (obv./rev.same dies)
Reference2:
SNG Cop 663 (same dies)
Photograph Credit:
Classical Numismatic Group
Source:
http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=84944
Grade:
Good VF, black-green patina with lighter green overtones, small hairline flan crack
Notes:
Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1176 A rare mythological type. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.Midas, the mytho-historical king of Phrygia and Lydia, was granted the so-called "Golden Touch" by Dionysus because the king wished for unending wealth as a reward for his guest-friendship to Silenus. Everything Midas touched turned to gold, including food. Starving and pleading for relief, the king was instructed to bathe in the waters of the river Pactolus. The water removed Midas’ “gift” and turned the sand of the river-bed into grains of gold. It was the naturally-occuring ore of the Pactolus that became the source of the metal used in the first archaic electrum coinages of Asia Minor.
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