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Drachm - Aischylos
| Issuer | Miletos |
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| Year | 260 BC - 250 BC |
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| Value | Drachm (1) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Apollo facing left, rendered in fine Hellenistic style with carefully detailed curling locks and a prominent laurel wreath crown. The facial features are finely modelled, with a straight nose, slightly parted lips, and a serene expression characteristic of late Classical and early Hellenistic Apollo types from Miletos. The hair falls in richly worked waves behind the neck, and the wreath is rendered with individual leaves in high relief. The field is unadorned, with no legend or inscription on the obverse. |
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| Reverse lettering | AIΣXYΛOΣ |
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| Additional information |
Miletos retained the right to strike silver coinage under Seleucid authority, though the degree of autonomy fluctuated with the political pressures of the mid-third century BC. The magistrate name Aischylos appearing on this issue helps narrow its placement within the sequence established by modern die studies, but the chronology of Milesian civic bronzes and silver from this period remains actively debated among specialists.