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Æ16 - Mostrene
| Issuer | Mostene |
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| Year | 200 BC - 1 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of a deity, likely Artemis or a local goddess, facing right, wearing a turreted or stephane headdress with hair rendered in waves swept back from the face. The bust is rendered in a sturdy Hellenistic provincial style with a pronounced jaw and well-defined facial features. No legend appears on the obverse field. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Mostene was a small Lydian city whose civic coinage was struck intermittently across the Hellenistic period, likely tied to local festival cycles or administrative needs rather than sustained commercial demand. The city sat in the Hermus River valley, a region that changed hands repeatedly between Seleucid and Pergamene control before passing to Rome after the dissolution of the Attalid kingdom in 133 BC.
SNG Ashmolean 803 provides the principal reference point for attribution, the Ashmolean's Lydian holdings being among the more systematically catalogued for this region.