Ancient Coinage of Mysia, Eleutheria


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Eleutheria or Eleutherion, Mysia.
Eleutherion ("Freedom") is known only from a short passage in the early 6th Century AD geography Ethnica by Stephanus of Byzantium... and this coin.
Eleutheria, Mysia, is not to be confused with the Byzantine port near Constantinople.

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Imhoof-Bloomer_1Mysia, Eleutheria. ca 4th Century BC. AE 10mm. Three-quarter facing head of Athena, in helmet with five crests & necklace / EΛEY, lion walking right, head turned left. TextImage
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See also: Search for Eleutheria at CoinArchives.com
Entry for Eleutherion on the Digital Historia Numorum
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