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| Issuer | Adramyttion |
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| Year | 300 BC - 200 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Zeus facing left, rendered in a bold, somewhat archaic style typical of Asia Minor bronze coinage of the Hellenistic period. The hair is arranged in loose locks beneath the laurel wreath, with the neck truncation visible at the base. The facial features, though worn, retain the characteristic strong profile associated with Zeusian iconography of the region. |
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| Mint | Adramyttion (Mysia) |
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Adramyttion — the Mysian coastal city known to Thucydides and later a Roman administrative center — struck bronze coinage during the third century BC as part of a broader monetization of small transactions across the Greek-influenced Aegean littoral. The city's bronze issues are relatively scarce in the numismatic record, surviving in far fewer numbers than the silver coinages of neighboring Pergamon, which came to dominate the region economically as the Attalid kingdom consolidated power through the century.