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Mysia, Gambrion AR Tetrobol. Struck under Gorgion, circa 400 BC. Laureate head of Apollo to right / Forepart of bull butting to right, head facing; ΓOP above, Γ to left. SNG BnF 895 = Traité II 47 = J.-P. Six, Monnaies grecques, inédites et incertaines" in NC 1894, p. 315, no. 1 (with 'tamgha' countermark on obv.); Winterthur 2527. 3.19g, 14mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine; original 'find' patina. Exceptionally Rare; only one other example on CoinArchives (which displays the family 'tamgha' added to the obverse as a countermark).
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
After the defeat of the Persians in the early fifth century, Gongylos of Eretria, who had served as an intermediary between the Spartans and Xerxes I, was compelled to flee to Asia Minor with his sons where he was granted several cities in Mysia as a reward from the Great King (Diod. 11.44). His son Gorgion was granted Gambrion and Palægambrion after his father's death (Xen. Hell. 3.1.6), and had struck in his name a short series of exceedingly rare coins from which the present piece comes.
A 'tamgha' was added to the first issue of this type as a countermark on the shoulder of the bull (cf. the example in the Bibliothèque nationale de France, and Gitbud & Naumann 8, lot 150), which was added to the die for the later issue with kerykeion (cf. CNG E-456, lot 154 and Leu Web 11, lot 812), suggesting that the current specimen was clearly a very early strike as it does not display this 'tamgha'.
Good Very Fine; original 'find' patina. Exceptionally Rare; only one other example on CoinArchives (which displays the family 'tamgha' added to the obverse as a countermark).
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
After the defeat of the Persians in the early fifth century, Gongylos of Eretria, who had served as an intermediary between the Spartans and Xerxes I, was compelled to flee to Asia Minor with his sons where he was granted several cities in Mysia as a reward from the Great King (Diod. 11.44). His son Gorgion was granted Gambrion and Palægambrion after his father's death (Xen. Hell. 3.1.6), and had struck in his name a short series of exceedingly rare coins from which the present piece comes.
A 'tamgha' was added to the first issue of this type as a countermark on the shoulder of the bull (cf. the example in the Bibliothèque nationale de France, and Gitbud & Naumann 8, lot 150), which was added to the die for the later issue with kerykeion (cf. CNG E-456, lot 154 and Leu Web 11, lot 812), suggesting that the current specimen was clearly a very early strike as it does not display this 'tamgha'.