Greek Coin | Medusa Design

Greek Coin | Medusa DesignHistory of the Artifact These Greek bronze coins were minted in the ancient city of Misos along the Black Sea coast of modern day northern Turkey. Founded by Greek colonists from Miletus in the 6th century B. C, it was re settled by Athenians and incorporated into the Kingdom of Pontus in the 4th century BC. It eventually fell under Roman rule in 71 B. C. The obverse of the coin features Medusa, a famous figure from Greek mythology known as one of the

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Like many other species

but for its apotropaic charge

encapsulating how local mints in Pontos used myth to assert Hellenic cultural independence in a world increasingly dominated by Roman power

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