Catalog
| Issuer | Menainon |
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| Year | 200 BC - 150 BC |
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| Diameter | 19 mm |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of Zeus Serapis facing right, adorned with a lotus flower in the hair; a control letter E appears in the field behind the bust. The portraiture reflects the syncretic Hellenistic-Egyptian style characteristic of Sicilian civic coinage of the period, with fine drapery visible at the shoulder. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Nike, winged goddess of victory, depicted as a charioteer driving a galloping biga (two-horse chariot) to the right; the horses are rendered in vigorous motion with forelegs raised. The civic ethnic MENA appears in the upper field above the chariot, with INΩN inscribed in the lower exergual area, together forming the full ethnic MENAINΩN denoting the citizens of Menainon. |
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