Tetradrachm - Dionysodoros

Ilion leveraged its status as the mythological site of Troy aggressively in the Hellenistic period, striking civic coinage that served diplomatic as much as commercial purposes — the city cultivated relationships with Rome partly by emphasizing the Julian claim to Trojan descent. This tetradrachm falls within the period of Pergamene dominance over the Troad following the Peace of Apameia in 188 BC, when Attalid influence reshaped civic coinage across the region. The magistrate name Dionysodoros appears on several Bellinger-classified types, suggesting either a prolonged tenure or a prominent civic family holding the mint office across multiple issues.