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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Myrhina |
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| Year | 160 BC - 143 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Apollo Grynios depicted standing in three-quarter view to the right, holding a laurel branch in his extended right hand and a phiale in his left; an omphalos and amphora are placed at his feet, referencing his famous sanctuary at Grynion in Aeolis. A monogram appears to the left of the figure in the field. The entire composition is enclosed within a laurel wreath border, a hallmark of Hellenistic civic tetradrachm coinage. The ethnic legend MYPINAIΩN inscribed within or around the wreath identifies the issuing city of Myrina. |
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| Mint | Myrina (Aeolis) |
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Myrina, an Aeolian city on the western coast of Asia Minor, was among several leagues of cities that began striking these heavy tetradrachms following the Roman defeat of the Seleucid king Antiochus III at Magnesia in 190 BC — a geopolitical rupture that opened the region to new commercial arrangements. The type associated with Sacks #44 belongs to a well-documented civic coinage that circulated widely across the eastern Aegean trade networks, not merely within Myrina's own economic reach.
The dies for this series show considerable consistency, suggesting a managed, semi-official production rather than emergency or opportunistic striking.