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Æ15
| Issuer | Kolophon |
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| Year | 330 BC - 285 BC |
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| Reference(s) | SNG Copenhagen 166; GCV#4352 |
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| Reverse description | A lyre depicted facing, with a rounded body and two upright arms connected at the top by a crossbar, rendered in bold relief characteristic of Kolophonian bronze coinage. The instrument is centrally placed within the field and is associated with Apollo, the principal deity of Kolophon. A Greek inscription identifying a magistrate's name is distributed in the field around the type. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΚΟ ΜΟΙΡΑΣ |
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Kolophon's bronze coinage of this period reflects the city's precarious position during the Wars of the Diadochi — the decades of brutal succession conflict following Alexander's death in 323 BC. The city changed hands repeatedly between the rival generals, and local bronze issues like this one served the everyday economy when larger silver denominations were being melted or hoarded for military payments.
Kolophon was forcibly synoikized into the newly founded Lysimacheia around 299 BC, its population relocated by Lysimachos. Issues struck after that date may represent residual civic production under duress rather than independent municipal authority.