Mysia, Lampsakos; AR Diobol; male head/forepart of Pegasos
Description:
Mysia, Lampsakos, 350 - 300 BC. AR Diobol. Diademed male head right / Λ-A-M; forepart of Pegasos right, fishing hook below.
Diameter:
AR11 mm
Weight:
1,1 g
Grade:
aVF/F
Attribution:
SNG France 1216ff var. (symbol)
Commentary:
rare symbol; some obscuring deposits on reverse; including collector's original card with detailed description and photos
History:
Lampsakos was the chief seat of the worship of Priapos, god of animal and vegetable fertility, son of Aphrodite and Dionysus, grotesquely misshapen and equipped with enormous phallus.
Article Number:
010-05-07-41652