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| Issuer | Blaundos (Lydia) |
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| Year | 200 BC - 100 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Zeus facing right, rendered in confident Hellenistic style with flowing curls and a full beard modeled in high relief. The laurel wreath is boldly struck, with individual leaves clearly articulated across the crown of the head. The portrait displays strong, mature facial features characteristic of Zeus iconography in second-century BC Lydian civic coinage. No legend or inscription appears in the field or around the periphery of the obverse. |
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| Reverse description | An eagle stands left with wings slightly raised, its head turned back to the right in a heraldic posture, set within the open field of the reverse. A kerykeion (caduceus) is positioned to the left of the eagle, and a grain ear rises to the right, both serving as civic symbols of Blaundos. The ethnic legend ΒΛΑΥΝΔΕΩΝ is distributed around the upper periphery, while the magistrates' names ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ and ΘΕΟΓΕΝ appear in the lower field, identifying the coin's issuing officials. The overall composition is well-centered and typical of the civic bronze coinage of Lydian Blaundos during the Hellenistic period. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΒΛΑΥΝΔΕΩΝ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ ΘΕΟΓΕΝ |
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