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Kolophon Silver Drachm (c. 389–350 BCE): Apollo and the Sacred Kithara, obverseOBV
Kolophon Silver Drachm (c. 389–350 BCE): Apollo and the Sacred Kithara, reverseREV
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KolophonSilver drachmc. 389-350 BCE

Kolophon Silver Drachm (c. 389–350 BCE): Apollo and the Sacred Kithara

An in-depth numismatic analysis of a Classical silver drachm minted at Kolophon in Ionia, featuring the laureate head of Apollo and an upright kithara flanked by civic and magistrate inscriptions. Based on institutional data from the Cleveland Museum of Art (accession 1917.992) and corpus evidence, this draft surveys historical context, iconography, epigraphy, and scholarly debates.