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MYSIA. Cyzicus. Ca. 450-350 BC. EL sixth-stater or hecte (11mm, 2.61 gm). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5. Head of Attis right, wearing Phrygian cap; tunny right below / Quadripartite incuse mill sail square punch. SNG von Aulock 1207. SNG France 5, 292-293. Exquisite remnant detailing for the grade with each wisp of hair visible and the reverse shadowed in lovely obsidian toning.
Attis was originally a Phrygian god of Pessinos, but came to be associated in Greek mythology as the consort of the goddess Cybele. According to Pausanias, Attis had godlike beauty and was betrothed to the king of Pessinos' daughter. During the wedding ceremony, a jealous Cybele appeared which caused Attis to go mad, wherein he cut off his own genitals, prefiguring the devotees of Cybele, the korybantes.
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MYSIA. Cyzicus. Ca. 450-350 BC. EL sixth-stater or hecte (11mm, 2.61 gm). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5. Head of Attis right, wearing Phrygian cap; tunny right below / Quadripartite incuse mill sail square punch. SNG von Aulock 1207. SNG France 5, 292-293. Exquisite remnant detailing for the grade with each wisp of hair visible and the reverse shadowed in lovely obsidian toning.
Attis was originally a Phrygian god of Pessinos, but came to be associated in Greek mythology as the consort of the goddess Cybele. According to Pausanias, Attis had godlike beauty and was betrothed to the king of Pessinos' daughter. During the wedding ceremony, a jealous Cybele appeared which caused Attis to go mad, wherein he cut off his own genitals, prefiguring the devotees of Cybele, the korybantes.
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HID02906262019
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