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Drachm - Diopompos
| Issuer | Miletos |
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| Year | 340 BC - 325 BC |
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| Weight | 3.55 g |
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| Reverse description | Lion standing left with head turned back to right in a vigilant pose, a hallmark device of Milesian coinage. Above the lion's back, an eight-rayed star is prominently placed in the upper field. To the left of the lion, a monogram combining the letters MI identifies the issuing city of Miletos. The magistrate's name ΔΙΟΠΟΜΠΟΣ is inscribed in the field, attributing this issue to the moneyer Diopompos. The reverse is executed in the bold, confident style characteristic of late Classical Asia Minor civic coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΔΙΟΠΟΜΠΟΣ |
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Miletos issued this drachm under the magistrate Diopompos during a period when the city was reasserting commercial independence following decades of Persian domination. The magistrate-signed coinage of Miletos — with individual names appearing on the reverse — reflects a local administrative practice that helps modern scholars sequence issues within the fourth century, though the precise chronology remains contested.
SNG Copenhagen 960 anchors this type within a well-documented die study by Deppert-Lippitz.