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Drachm - Hermonax
| Issuer | Kolophon (Ionia) |
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| Year | 310 BC - 294 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 flowing, voluminous curls cascading behind the neck and secured by a laurel wreath. The facial features are delicately modeled with a straight nose, slightly parted lips, and a well-defined chin, reflecting the artistic refinement characteristic of Ionian coinage of the early third century BC. The portrait occupies the full field of the flan, with no surrounding legend. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Kolophon's autonomous silver coinage in this period reflects the city's precarious position as Macedonian successors fought over the Aegean coast following Alexander's death. The magistrate name Hermonax appears on a small cluster of dies within this series, placing this issue within the fractious years when Antigonus and later Lysimachus competed for control of Ionia — Kolophon itself was eventually abandoned when Lysimachus forcibly synoikized its population into his newly founded Ephesos around 294 BC, effectively ending the city's independent mint.