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Æ - Orontes Adramytion
| Issuer | Mysia, Satrapy of |
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| Year | 357 BC - 352 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm (550-330 BCE) |
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| Reverse description | Forepart of a winged boar bounding to the right, with prominent wings spread above the body and forelegs extended; the design is rendered in bold relief typical of Mysian bronze coinage, with the field otherwise plain and unadorned. |
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| Mint | Adramytion |
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Orontes held the satrapy of Mysia under Persian suzerainty but spent much of his tenure in open or covert revolt against the Achaemenid crown. He was a central figure in the Revolt of the Satraps during the 360s BC, temporarily aligning with Egypt and Sparta against Artaxerxes II before defecting back at a strategically convenient moment. His survival — and continued authority in the region — was remarkable given how thoroughly that rebellion collapsed around him.
Adramytion, the mint city, sits on the gulf that still bears a derivative of its name. Small bronzes of this type circulated locally and represent one of the few tangible artifacts of Orontes' administrative autonomy in the northwest.