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Drachm - Sostratos
| Issuer | Myndos |
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| Year | 180 BC - 140 BC |
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| Value | Drachm (1) |
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| Obverse description | Bearded male head facing right, rendered in high relief in the Hellenistic style, with wild, flowing locks and a full beard rendered with deeply incised, curling strands. The facial features are boldly modeled, with prominent brow and strong jaw characteristic of late Hellenistic provincial coinage. The field is unadorned, with no legend present on the obverse. The flan is irregular in shape, typical of hand-struck silver coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse description | A lyre (kithara) depicted centrally in high relief, with a rounded resonating body at the base and two curved arms rising to support the crossbar, the strings indicated between the arms. The instrument rests upon what appears to be a branch or floral element at the base. The Greek legend MYNΔΙΩΝ is arranged to the left of the central type and CΩCTPATOC to the right, both reading vertically, identifying the civic issuer and the magistrate responsible for the issue. The design is enclosed within a border of large pellets, a characteristic framing device of Myndan civic coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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