Tetradrachm

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.