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| Issuer | Gyrton |
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| Year | 340 BC - 320 BC |
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| Reference(s) | BCD Thessaly I#1054.1, BCD Thessaly II#83.6, Rogers#231, SNG Copenhagen#58 |
| Obverse description | Bare laureate head of Apollo, or the eponymous hero Gyrton, facing left in high relief, rendered in the classical Greek style. The laureate wreath is depicted with well-defined leaves encircling the head. The facial features display fine modeling characteristic of Thessalian bronze coinage of the late 4th century BC. The portrait is set within a dotted border. |
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| Mint | Gyrton, Thessaly |
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Gyrton was a minor Thessalian city on the Peneios River, and its bronze coinage is rare enough that most major collections hold only a handful of examples. The city appears in ancient sources primarily as a staging point during Philip II of Macedon's repeated interventions in Thessaly — interventions that reshaped the region's political structure so thoroughly that many smaller mints ceased production entirely within a generation.
The BCD Thessaly collections remain the benchmark reference for this type, and the cross-referencing across both BCD volumes alongside Rogers and the SNG Copenhagen specimen suggests this die pairing has been tracked through at least four significant auction appearances.