Uncertain (BC 350-300) AE - Memnon

ca 360-340 BC. AE (0.64g). Head of Helios with nimbus right / Rosebud, M-E. Dark green patina, VF. Rare. R. Mueller coll.; ex Popken coll.; Aufhauser Auc. 10 (MÃ¼nchen, 1993), lot 203; Kuenker Auc. 133 (OsnabrÃ¼ck, 2007), lot 7613.

Ashton, in his study, suggests a localization in the vicinity of the Dardanelles and links this issue to the two Rhodian brothers Memnon and Mentor, who served ca 360-330 as satrap and commander of mercenaries in the service of Persian kings.

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References:	SNG Muenchen 694; SNG Tuebingen 3614; R. H. J.Ashton, A Rhodian-Type Coinage for Memnon and Mentor?, in R. Ashton and Ph. Kinns, Opuscula Anatolica, NC 2002, 12, 8 (this coin)
Valuation:	M&M Auc. 30 (5/2009), lot 628 (est. EUR 120; unsold)
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