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| Issuer | Rhegion (Bruttium) |
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| Year | 280 BC - 260 BC |
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| Weight | 9.18 g |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Apollo facing left, rendered in the Hellenistic style with wavy hair bound by a laurel wreath. The portraiture is executed with confident, plastic modeling characteristic of South Italian die-cutting of the early third century BC. A legend in Greek characters appears in the field, attributing the issue to the citizens of Rhegion. The flan is irregular, consistent with hand-hammered bronze coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse description | A Delphic tripod cauldron rendered in frontal view, with three legs terminating at the base and a decorative bowl supported between them. The tripod, an emblem closely associated with Apollo and the oracle at Delphi, is depicted with intertwined serpents adorning the shaft, visible on this example. The design occupies the central field of the flan with the device set against a plain background, consistent with the civic bronze coinage of Rhegion during the early Hellenistic period. |
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| Mint | Rhegion (modern Reggio Calabria, Italy) |
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