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Greek Gold Starter Coinages, Lampsakos c. 350
Obverse: head of Zeus left, wearing laurel wreath, lotus-tipped sceptre over far shoulder.
Reverse: forepart of Pegasus right, with curved wings.
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Greek Gold Starter Coinages, Lampsakos c. 350
Obverse: head of Zeus left, wearing laurel wreath, lotus-tipped sceptre over far shoulder.
Reverse: forepart of Pegasus right, with curved wings.
~ Stater of Lampsakos with head of Aphrodite (?).
Culture: Greek
Period: Classical Period
Date: 387–330 B.C.
Mint: Lampsakos, Mysia
Medium: Gold
Stater of Lampsakos with head of Pan (obverse) and Pegasus (reverse)
Greek (minted at Mysia, Lampsakos), Classical Period, 387-330 B.C.
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The myth of Actaeon on an extremely rare gold stater from Lampsakos, Mysia c. 394-350 BC
In mythology, Actaeon was a famous hunter who was taught by the centaur Chiron. One day Actaeon stumbled upon upon Artemis bathing in a stream and she was so angered by him seeing her naked that she turned him into a stag. He was then torn to pieces by his own hunting dogs. The coin depicts Actaeon's horns just starting to protrude from his head with the reverse showing the forepart of the winged-horse Pegasus.
Lampsakos was a Greek city in the ancient region of Mysia strategically located on the eastern side of the Hellespont (modern Dardanelles) in the northern Troad (modern Biga peninsula) in Turkey.