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Tetradrachm - Moschos
| Issuer | Smyrna (Ionia) |
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| Year | 125 BC - 115 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Tyche in right profile, wearing a prominent mural (turreted) crown with battlements rendered in detailed relief, her hair flowing in loose waves beneath the crown. The effigy is executed in the confident Hellenistic style characteristic of late 2nd-century BC Ionian coinage, with finely modeled facial features. No legend appears in the obverse field. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Smyrna's tetradrachms of this period were struck under the magistrate name Moschos, one of several eponymous officials whose names appear on the city's coinage during the late second century BC — a period when Smyrna was consolidating its status as a leading city of the Roman province of Asia. The city had declared loyalty to Rome early, reportedly sending a garment off its citizens' backs to clothe Roman soldiers during the war against Antiochus III, a gesture Rome did not forget.
Milne's corpus and Waddington's earlier publication both document this magistrate issue, though die linkage studies remain sparse.