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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Myrina |
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| Year | 165 BC - 160 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Apollo facing right, rendered in fine Hellenistic style with long, flowing curls cascading over the neck and shoulders. The deity wears a laurel wreath with prominent leaves bound across the forehead, and the hair is elaborately worked in loose, voluminous waves. A quiver strap is visible at the left field behind the head, with the tip of a bow finial discernible. The youthful, idealised features display high relief characteristic of the Myrinaean die-cutting tradition, with a smooth flat field surrounding the portrait. |
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| Reverse description | Apollo Grynios (Orynios) depicted standing in three-quarter view facing right, his nude or lightly draped figure rendered in graceful Hellenistic style. He extends a laurel branch forward in his right hand and holds a phiale (libation bowl) in his left; at his feet rest the sacred omphalos and an amphora. A monogram appears in the inner left field. The entire composition is enclosed within a finely engraved laurel wreath border, with the ethnic legend MYPINAIΩN inscribed prominently. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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