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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Myrina |
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| Year | 160 BC - 143 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Standing figure of Apollo facing right, depicted in a draped chiton falling to the feet, holding a patera in his extended right hand and a long laurel branch in his left. At his feet to the right rests a globus and an oinochoe (wine jug). The central composition is enclosed within a broad wreath of laurel rendered in fine relief. The ethnic legend MYPINAIΩN is inscribed vertically to the left of the figure within the wreath, and a monogram appears to the left as a magistrate's mark. The overall style is characteristic of the Hellenistic coinages of Aeolis. |
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| Reverse lettering | MYPINAIΩN |
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Myrina was one of the most prolific cistophoric-era mints in Aeolis, and its tetradrachm series from this period reflects the city's position within the Attalid economic sphere following Rome's reorganization of western Asia Minor after Apamea in 188 BC. The magistrate names preserved on these coins have been systematically catalogued by Sacks, whose die study remains the primary tool for sequencing the issue.
The specific dies linking the de Luynes, McClean, and Hunterian specimens have helped establish a tighter chronology than the broad 160–143 BC window suggests for individual emissions.