FIG. 289.
Myrina (Kalabassary) on the Pythikos. The chief types refer to the Apollo worshiped at Grynium (q. v.), but an amphora, apparently, constituted the town-arms (BMC Troas, &c., lvi). Circ. B.C. 400 Myrina was ruled by the tyrant Gongylos (brother of Gorgion; cf. Gambrium, Mys.). Bronze pieces with a monogram on the rev., supposed to be his, have been doubtfully assigned to Myrina (N. C., 1894, p. 317; Hunter Cat., ii. p. 310).
Head of Athena. | ΜΥ Bust of Artemis facing. AR 28 grs. |
| Id. | ΜΥΡΙ Amphora. Æ Sizes .65-.4 |
| Head of the Apollo of Grynium. (Fig. 289.) | ΜΥΡΙΝΑΙΩΝ Apollo of Grynium in himation standing holding phiale and laurel-branch; in front, omphalos and kalathos. Various monograms. The whole in laurel-wreath. AR reduced Attic tetradrachm; also drachm. |
| Head of Apollo. | ΜΥΡΙ Amphora. Æ .7-.6 |
| Head of Helios. | „ „ Æ .5 |
Also Alexandrine coins; Müller, Nos. 933-942. On coins of Antiochus II, King of Syria, struck at this mint, see Macdonald in J. H. S., 1907, pp. 152-155.
Imperial—Claudius (Imh., Kl. M., p. 511) to Gordian III. Also quasi-autonomous. Inscription: ΜVΡΙΝΑΙΩΝ; ΜVΡΕΙΝΑΙΩΝ; rarely ΑΙΟΛΕΩΝ ΜVΡЄΙΝΑΙΩΝ (N. C., 1898, p. 110). Types: Apollo; Athena; Artemis; Dionysos; Telesphoros; Bust of ΜVΡΕΙΝΑ, the Amazon foundress; Temple with Apollo of Grynium.
Magistrate. Strategos. Alliance coin with Aegae (q. v.) and with Cyme (q. v.).
Sacks, Kenneth S. "The Wreathed Coins of Aeolian Myrina" in Museum Notes 30.
Kinns, Philip. "Myrina and Related Forgeries" in Museum Notes 30.