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| Issuer | Perperene |
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| Year | 400 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Apollo facing right, rendered in archaic Greek style with fine hair detail gathered beneath the laurel wreath. The portrait is bold in relief with well-defined facial features characteristic of early Mysian civic coinage. The field is plain with no surrounding legend or inscription. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Perperene was a minor Aeolian city on the northwestern slope of Mount Ida in the Troad, a region so thick with small autonomous mints in the classical period that many issues remain poorly attributed to this day. This piece is among the smallest autonomous bronzes documented from the city, and the type's survival in any condition is genuinely unusual — SNG France 2310 remains one of the few confirmed reference specimens.