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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Myrhina |
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| Year | 160 BC - 143 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Apollo Grynios depicted standing to right in full figure, holding a laurel branch in one hand and a phiale (libation bowl) in the other. A monogram appears to the left of the figure, while an omphalos and amphora are placed at his feet. The entire composition is enclosed within a laurel wreath border. The ethnic legend MYPINAIΩN (of the Myrinaeans) is inscribed within the wreath. |
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| Mint | Myrina, Aeolis |
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Myrina, an Aeolian city on the western coast of Asia Minor, struck this tetradrachm as part of the so-called "New Style" stephanophoric coinage that spread across the eastern Aegean during the second century BC — a regional monetary fashion that followed, and was likely influenced by, Athens' own stephanophoric reform of around 164 BC. The city's coinage from this period is catalogued by Sacks, whose die study remains the primary reference for sequencing the series. Relatively few dies are known for Myrina's output, suggesting a modest but sustained civic mint operation rather than any large emergency or commercial issue.