Catalog
Æ20
| Issuer | Miletopolis |
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| Year | 100 BC - 1 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted head of Athena facing right, rendered in profile with the goddess wearing a Corinthian-style helmet pushed back on the head. The hair is visible beneath the helmet brow, and the facial features display the characteristic Hellenistic style of the late Republican period. The flan is irregular and the surfaces show typical patination of a struck bronze issue from Mysia. |
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| Reverse description | Double-bodied owl standing facing, with head turned to face the viewer, wings spread to either side forming a symmetrical heraldic composition. The owl, sacred bird of Athena, is depicted with prominent round eyes and feather detail. The Greek ethnic legend MILHTOΠOΛITΩN is distributed around the field, identifying the issuing city of Miletopolis in Mysia. |
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Miletopolis, a small city in Mysia near the Propontis, produced bronze civic coinage during a period when the region cycled through Pergamene, then Roman, administrative control following the bequest of the Attalid kingdom in 133 BC. The city retained enough autonomy to issue its own bronzes under Roman provincial arrangements, a common concession Rome made to keep Greek civic institutions nominally functional.
The SNG Copenhagen 250 reference places this squarely within the civic bronze series documented from the region, though Miletopolis issues remain sparsely represented in major collections.