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| Issuer | Apollonia Mordiaeum (Pisidia) |
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| Year | 200 BC - 1 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Zeus facing right, rendered with flowing hair and a full beard in the Hellenistic tradition. The bold, high-relief portrait displays characteristic thick locks of hair bound by a laurel wreath, with strongly modelled facial features typical of civic bronze coinage from Pisidia. The flan is slightly irregular, with the effigy well-centred and occupying the majority of the field. |
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| Reverse description | A winged thunderbolt depicted horizontally in the centre of the field, its lateral volutes and radiating lightning bolts rendered in bold relief, enclosed within a thick olive or laurel wreath that encircles the entire design. The ethnic legend ΑΠΟΛΛΩ / ΝΙΑΤΩΝ is inscribed in two lines across the field, divided by the thunderbolt, in clear Greek majuscule lettering. The wreath is tied at the base and rendered with carefully articulated leaves. This reverse type, combining the thunderbolt of Zeus with the civic ethnic, is characteristic of the autonomous bronze coinage of Apollonia Mordiaeum. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑΠΟΛΛΩ ΝΙΑΤΩΝ |
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