Description: Archaios Numismatics __________________________________________ Description: Greek Silver AR diobol of Lampsakos in Mysia circa 350-300 Century BC. Obverse: Janus Heads Reverse: Helmeted Head of Athena facing Left within shallow incuse square Mint: Lampsakos, Mysia Size: 10 mm Weight: 1.19 g Ref: SNG Van Aulock 1290; SNG France Mysie 1126; Condition: VF. Minor Porosity. Obverse slightly off center. Nice example of this interesting Fraction. As always, Use the images as your judge as grading is subjective. Inventory #: 51.2 Notes: Lampsakos (Lampsacus) was a celebrated and wealthy ancient Greek polis strategically located on the eastern side of the Hellespont in the northern Troad. History The city was colonized from Phocaea and Miletus. In the 6th century BC Lampsacus was attacked by Miltiades the Elder and Stesagoras, the Athenian tyrants of the nearby Thracian Chersonese. During the 6th and 5th centuries BC, Lampsacus was successively dominated by Lydia, Persia, Athens, and Sparta. The Greek tyrants Hippoclus and later his son Acantides ruled under Darius I. Artaxerxes I assigned it to Themistocles with the expectation that the city supply the Persian king with its famous wine. When Lampsacus joined the Delian League after the battle of Mycale (479 BC), it paid a tribute of twelve talents, a testimony to its wealth. The city, like Phocaea and Lesbos, produced a gold/electrum coinage by 500 BC, an activity only available to the more prosperous cities. The name has been transmitted to the nearby modern town of Lapseki. Excerpts From Head, Hist.Num; Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Denomination: Diobol
Historical Period: Greek (450 BC-100 AD)
Composition: Silver
Era: Ancient
