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Drachm
| Issuer | Adramyttion |
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| Year | 133 BC - 100 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Zeus facing left, rendered in fine Hellenistic style with flowing hair and beard. The portrait is set within a slightly raised central field on a broad, flat flan typical of late Hellenistic civic coinage from Mysia. The strong, mature facial features and voluminous hair are characteristic of Zeus imagery employed by cities of the Troad and adjacent regions during this period. No legend appears on the obverse. |
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| Mintage | ND (133 BC - 100 BC) |
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Adramyttion — the coastal Mysian city on the Gulf of Adramyttion — came under Roman provincial administration following the bequest of the Attalid kingdom to Rome in 133 BC, which is precisely why this issue's date range opens where it does. These civic drachms were struck as the city navigated the transition from Pergamene to Roman oversight, a period when many Mysian mints briefly flourished issuing small silver before Roman monetary policy gradually crowded out local coinage.