Beschreibung
Erhaltung: vf à ss+ | Abkürzungen
Katalognummer: Myrina
Durchmesser: 17,00 mm
weight 3,69gr. | bronze Ø 17mm.
obv. Laureate head of Apollo right
rev. Amphora, lyre on right, MYPI across field below
Myrina was a Greek city on the coast of Aeolis, about 37 km SW of Pergamon. Apart from a legendary foundation by Myrina, queen of the Amazons, little is known of the citys origin or of its settlement by Greeks. The city was probably by founded by one Myrinus before the other Aeolian cities. Possibly he was from Thessaly. Myrina was a very strong place, though not very large, and had a good harbor. An inscription tells us that Myrina formed part of the Kingdom of Pergamon in the 3rd century BC. For some time Myrina was occupied by Philip V of Macedon but the Romans compelled him to evacuate it, and declared the place free. Under Roman rule, Myrina was part of the Roman province of Asia Prima.
BMC 27 | SNG.Copenhagen 224 | SNG.von Aulock 1666 | Sear 4220
SNG.München 571 SNG.Tübingen 2712 | Sammlung Klein 340 |
McClean 7949 | Weber Coll.5368 Lindgren Collection 411
dark patina
vf à vf+
