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15 000 000 Lira Zeugma
| Uitgever | Turkish State Mint |
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| Jaar | 2003 |
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| Gewicht | 31.47 g |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | The central field depicts a detailed rendering of the ancient Zeugma mosaic portrait of Gaia, the Greek goddess of Earth, faithfully reproduced in low relief with intricate stipple engraving to simulate the tessellated texture of the original mosaic. The frontal facing bust shows a female figure with flowing hair and a serene expression, emerging from the lower field. The legend 'YER TANRISI GAIA' arcs along the upper border, while 'ZEUGMA' is inscribed in spaced capitals along the lower periphery, both within a raised inner border ring. |
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| Opschrift keerzijde | YER TANRISI GAIA ZEUGMA (Translation: Gaia was Goddes of Earth) |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
The Zeugma mosaic rescue is one of the more dramatic episodes in modern Turkish archaeology. When the Birecik Dam on the Euphrates began filling in 2000, it submerged roughly a third of the ancient Greco-Roman city of Zeugma — including sections that had never been excavated. An emergency campaign in the final months before inundation recovered dozens of intact mosaic floors, pulling them from the rising water in pieces and reassembling them in Gaziantep. The operation drew international funding and some of the fastest large-scale archaeological work ever conducted in the region.
This coin was issued three years after the flood, when the rescued mosaics had become a point of considerable national and cultural attention.