Catalogue information

LastDodo number
5712291
Area
Coins
Title
Plakia, Mysia (ancient Greco-Anatolia) AE11 300s BC
Face value
Year
-350
Variety / overstrike
Head of State
Type
Designer
Series
Theme
Material
Weight
1.5
Diameter
11
Thickness
Punch
Shape
Obverse
( Plakia [above], lion devouring prey )
Reverse
( turreted female, Cybele)
Edge
Privy mark
Mint mark
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
Catalogue number
SNGCop245
Details
Plakia (Placia), Mysia was a region in the northwest of ancient Asia Minor or Anatolia (part of modern Turkey). It was located on the south coast of the Sea of Marmara. It was bounded by Bithynia on the east, Phrygia on the southeast, Lydia on the south, Aeolis on the southwest, Troad on the west and by the Propontis on the north. In ancient times it was inhabited by the Mysians, Phrygians, Aeolian Greeks, and others.