Mysia, City of Lampsakos, Memnon of Rhodes, AR Drachm, Helios & Rose
Date: c. 356 - 354 BCE
Greek World
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Item Description:
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- Origin: Mysia (in modern day Turkey)
- Authority: Memnon of Rhodes
- Date: c. 356 - 354 BCE
- Denomination: AR (silver) drachm
- Mint: City of Lampsakos
- Size: 14mm
- Type Number: Ashton, Solar 30 (A16/P22); SNG Ashmolean 671
- Obverse: Youthful head of Helios left on radiate solar disk
- Reverse: Rose with buds to either side; M-E flanking
- Notes: Memnon of Rhodes was a prominent Greek commander who defended the Persian Achaemenid Empire against Alexander the Great. Coins of Memnon were issued in Lampsakos, Mysia, which bore the image of the sun god Helios and a rose—a design that mimicked coins from Memnon's home city of Rhodes.
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