Myndos, Karia AR Drachm
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Size: 17 mm Weight: 4.22 grams Die axis: 12h
Mid 2nd century BCE
Obverse: Laureate head of Serapis right.
Reverse: Headress of Isis set on two grain ears, thunderbolt below. MYNΔIΩN to left, ΘEOΔΩΡOΣ to right.
Notes: - Myndos was originally founded by Dorian colonists from Troezen and is recorded as contributing silver and one ship to the Delian Confederacy circa 500 BCE. Later the city was refounded by Mausolos, ruler of Halicarnassus, closer to the coast.
Purchased from Civitas Galleries, 2007
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Collection :
Ancient Greek Coins