Ancient Coin Stories

Let coins tell their stories…

Mysia, Pergamon
450-400 BCE
1.51g
Laureate head of Apollo right
Bearded head right, wearing a Persian tiara within an incuse square. ΠΕΡΓA
SNG BN 1546-8
399 BCE

Xenophon mentions that the ruler of Gambrion and Gryneion is Gorgion, son of Gorgylos.