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Myrina British Museum 1979.3.18.2

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Myrina British Museum 1979.3.18.2, Silver, struck at Myrina aeolis, 450–380 BC. Obverse: head of athena wearing crested attic helmet decorated with a griffin. Reverse: amphora in incuse square. Weight about 2.4 g, diameter 13.0 mm.
obverse Myrina British Museum 1979.3.18.2
reverse Myrina British Museum 1979.3.18.2
mint Myrina aeolis weight 2.40g (1)
ruler diameter ⌀13.0 (1)
denomination axis 6↕ (1)
material Silver technique
country Greece dataset IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org)
obverse

Head of Athena wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with a griffin

reverse

Amphora in incuse square

specimens (1)
British Museum 2.40g ⌀13.0 6↕

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Myrina British Museum 1979.3.18.2 (myrina_aeolis_british_museum.1979.3.18.2), 450–380 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/myrina-british-museum-19793182/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA