Myrina |
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AR tetradrachm 17.0973 g, 32.7 mm |
155-145 BC |
1. Sacks, Kenneth S,. 1985. The Wreathed Coins of Aeolian Myrina. In
The American Numismatic Society Museum Notes 30. Page 34 #19e and Plate 6 #20.19e. New York:
The American Numismatic Society. 2. 1945. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals Danish National Museum. Aeolis-Lesbos. #223. Copenhagen: Munksgaard. |
Obverse |
Head of Apollo facing right, wearing laurel wreath with ribbons flowing behind; hair braided with braids covering back and side of his neck. |
Reverse |
Apollo of Gryneium standing, facing right, wearing a laurel wreath, bare-chested; a himation is draped around his waist, a patera in his right hand, branch in left hung with two dangling fillets. At his feet, an omphalos and amphora |
ΜΥΡΙΝΑΙΩΝ |
Map of Ancient Troas, Aeolis, Lesbos, and Mysia |