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.
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.