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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Myrhina |
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| Year | 160 BC - 143 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (160 BC - 143 BC) |
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Myrina, an Aeolian city on the western coast of Asia Minor, issued these large silver tetradrachms during a period when the region had recently passed from Seleucid influence into the Roman-supervised reorganization following the Treaty of Apamea in 188 BC. The coins circulated widely beyond their issuing city — hoards containing Myrina tetradrachms have been found across the eastern Mediterranean, suggesting they functioned as a regional trade currency rather than purely local coinage.
The series is associated with the so-called "stephanophoric" tetradrachm tradition common among Aeolian and Ionian cities of the period, produced on the Attic weight standard to facilitate interregional exchange.