Myrina, Aeolis AR Tetradrachm 155-145 BC Ancient Greek Silver Coin Apollo on Obverse Museum Reproduction CSGT0074

Myrina is said to have been founded before the other Aeolian cities by either Myrinus or the Amazon Myrina. Artaxerxes gave Gryneium and Myrina to Gongylus, an Eretrian, who had been banished from his native city for favoring Persia. Myrina had a good harbor. Pliny the Elder mentions the fame of its oysters and that it bore the surname of Sebastopolis (venerable city). An inscription tells us that Myrina was within the Kingdom of Pergamon in the 3rd century B.C. For some time Myrina was occupied by Philip V of Macedon; but the Romans compelled him to evacuate, and declared the place free. It twice suffered severe earthquakes, in the reigns of Tiberius and Trajan. The town was restored each time, and continued to exist until a late period. It was the birthplace of Agathias, a Byzantine poet and historian of the 6th century.

DESIGN:
Obverse side
Laureate head of Apollo right, hair in two loose curls
Legend:
Anepigraphic

Reverse side
Apollo of Gryneium, laureate and with long, draped loins, standing right, holding patera and filleted branch, omphalos and amphora at foot right, monogram in left field, all within laurel wreath
Legend:
MYΡINAIΩN

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