Description: Mysia, Pitane, 300 - 200 BC. Head of Zeus-Ammon right / Pentagram.

Diameter: AE7 mm

Weight: 0,76 g

Grade: gF/gF

Attribution: SNG BN 2353

Commentary: dark grey patina with some deposits, well centered

History: 335 BC, after capturing nearby Gryneion and selling ist inhabitants as slaves, Alexander's general Parmenion, besieged Pitane, which was relieved by Memnon, the commander of the Greek mercenaries in the service of the Persian king Darius III.

Article Number: 059-02-08-42384