bgr_729920 - AIOLIS - MYRINA Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 150-140 AC.
Mint name / Town : Myrhina, Éolide
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16,50 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,52 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré à l’usure régulière. Joli portrait d’Apollon. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Apollon Grynion laurée à droite, les cheveux longs tombant sur le cou ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse
Reverse description : Amphore ; dans le champ supérieur en haut à droite, une lyre.
Reverse legend : MU-RI
Reverse translation : (Myrhina).
Commentary
Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Historical background
AIOLIS - MYRINA
(2nd century BC)
Myrhina, located northeast of Cyme, eclipsed by its powerful neighbor only appears in the Hellenistic period. Coinage would begin around 300 BC. The city was famous for the worship of Apollo Grynion. But the symbol of the city seems to have been the amphora which is placed at the feet of Apollo.
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