Apamea in Bithynia, 300-203 BC., Æ 21, Rec. Gén. 12.

Apamea (Myrlea) in Bithynia, ca. 300-203 BC.,
Æ 21 (19-22 mm / 6,19 g),
Obv.: laureate head of Apollo right.
Rev.: ΜΥΡΛΕΑ , lyra with seven strings; countermarked by 8-rayed star.
Waddington, Rec. Gén. 1/2, 248, 12 ; (Pl. XXXVII, 11) .

Apameia, originally Myrlea, was renamed, circ. 202 BC., by Prusias I, king of Bithynia, after his wife, Apama. It became a Roman colony, circa 47 BC.