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Æ15 - Kaystriani
| Issuer | Kaystriani |
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| Year | 200 BC - 1 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Apollo facing right, rendered in the Hellenistic civic tradition with hair arranged in formal, stylized curls. The portrait occupies the central field and is enclosed within a dotted border. The die work displays the characteristically compact style associated with the civic bronze coinage of the Kaystriani region of Lydia. |
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| Reverse description | Nemean lionskin draped over a upright club set centrally in the field, the paws hanging at either side in a symmetrical arrangement, a standard Heraklean type employed widely in Lydian civic bronze coinage. A monogram appears in the lower right field. The legend KAYCTΡIANΩN ΔK is distributed around the design within a dotted border, identifying the issuing civic community of the Kaystriani. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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