Hemidrachm: Gorgoneion (Obverse); Bull (Reverse), c. 400-300 BC. Greece, Parion (Mysia). Silver; diameter: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.). Like the coins of several other ancient cities, those of Parion feature the gorgoneion, or frontal face of Medusa, surrounded by serpents. On the reverse, a bull looks back across its body, with the letters between its legs. More centrally struck examples preserve two more letters above— , to give (PARI), identifying the mint of Parion. The name recalls that of the Cycladic island Paros, one of Parion’s colonizers (with Miletos and Erythrae).

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Hemidrachm: Gorgoneion (Obverse); Bull (Reverse), c. 400-300 BC. Greece, Parion (Mysia). Silver; diameter: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.). Like the coins of several other ancient cities, those of Parion feature the gorgoneion, or frontal face of Medusa, surrounded by serpents. On the reverse, a bull looks back across its body, with the letters between its legs. More centrally struck examples preserve two more letters above— , to give (PARI), identifying the mint of Parion. The name recalls that of the Cycladic island Paros, one of Parion’s colonizers (with Miletos and Erythrae).

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