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Drachm
| Issuer | Miletos (Ionia) |
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| Year | 360 BC - 325 BC |
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| Value | Drachm (1) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Apollo facing left, rendered in fine late Classical style with delicate facial features and a small mouth. The hair is elaborately arranged, bound with a laurel wreath, with wavy locks falling in relief behind the ear and along the neck. The modelling of the cheek and brow reflects the refined engraving tradition of Milesian coinage of the fourth century BC. The field is plain, with no legend or additional devices. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Miletos had been a dominant Aegean trading hub for centuries before this issue, but by the mid-fourth century the city was operating under shifting Persian suzerainty following the collapse of the Delian League. These drachms were struck during a period when Miletos was navigating tributary obligations to the Achaemenid satraps while maintaining enough commercial independence to issue silver coinage for local and regional trade. The lion-and-sunburst type used by Miletos is among the longest-running coin types in the Greek world, persisting with remarkable conservatism across at least two centuries of political upheaval.
The SNG Copenhagen and BMC references bracket a fairly tight stylistic group within that broader sequence. Attribution to this specific window relies primarily on fabric and die-axis consistency rather than explicit historical documentation.