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Message:: [QUOTE="Carl Wilmont, post: 4416740, member: 75496"]Thanks for the information on Mysia, [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER]!  Nice coins posted.  Great toning on [USER=101607]@shanxi[/USER]'s tetrobol and [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER]'s tetradrachm.  The radiating flow lines on [USER=79017]@Andres2[/USER]'s Pergamon coin add drama to the obverse. Anaxagoras is mentioned in [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER]'s post.  Charged with impiety in Athens, Anaxagoras went to Lampaskos in exile where he died in ~428 BC.  In his honor, the citizens there built an altar to Nous (Mind) and Pistis (Truth).  Some speculate that the janiform heads on their coins represent these deities. My example has a dolphin below them: [ATTACH=full]1108248[/ATTACH]MYSIA, Lampsakos. AR Diobol. 4th-3rd century BC. Female janiform heads, dolphin below. / Helmeted head of Athena right, (ΛΑ)ΜΨ around. 11 mm. 1.30 g. Here are other Mysian coins, from Parion, Kyzikos, and Pergamon: [ATTACH=full]1108252[/ATTACH]MYSIA, Parion. AR Hemidrachm. 4th century BC. Gorgoneion / IIA-PI, bull standing left, head right. 13 mm. 2.14 g. [ATTACH=full]1108258[/ATTACH]MYSIA. Kyzikos. Circa 450-400 BC. AR Hemiobol. Forepart of boar left; to right, tunny upward. / Head of lion left within incuse square; to left, star. 8 mm. 0.39 g. [ATTACH=full]1108260[/ATTACH]MYSIA. Pergamon. AE. Circa 133-27 BC. Laureate head of Asklepios right /AΣKΛHΠIOY ΣΩTHPOΣ, Serpent-entwined staff. 15 mm. 3.54 g.[/QUOTE]