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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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| Obverse script | Greek |
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Apollonia Mordiaeum occupied an awkward position among the cities of Pisidia — semi-autonomous under Seleucid influence, then absorbed into the Roman provincial system after Pompey's reorganization of the East in 64 BC. Bronze civic issues of this kind were produced to facilitate local exchange when no larger authority saw fit to supply the region with coin, and Pisidian cities were frequently left to manage their own small-denomination needs. The SNG Copenhagen and Pisidiens references collectively document significant die variation across this type, suggesting production in multiple irregular campaigns rather than sustained organized minting.