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| Issuer | Mallos |
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| Year | 400 BC - 350 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Bearded head of the river god Pyramos facing right, crowned with a wreath of grain ears, rendered in the archaic-to-classical Greek style typical of Cilician civic coinage. The portrait is set within a plain field on an irregularly shaped flan, with surfaces showing characteristic patination of a hammered bronze issue. The modelling of the facial features is bold, with a pronounced brow and naturalistic treatment of the beard. |
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| Reverse description | Apotropaic Gorgoneion depicted full face, with serpentine hair radiating outward, wide staring eyes, and the characteristic grimacing expression with protruding tongue, a motif commonly employed as a protective device on Cilician civic bronzes of this period. The abbreviated ethnic legend MAΛ appears in the field, identifying the issuing city of Mallos. The type is executed in a bold, schematic style consistent with small-denomination hammered provincial coinage of the late fifth to mid-fourth century BC. |
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| Reverse lettering | MAΛ (Translation: Mallos) |
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