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Æ17
| Issuer | Hephaistia |
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| Year | 281 BC - 256 BC |
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| Weight | 5.13 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare or diademed male head facing right, rendered in the Hellenistic portrait tradition and tentatively identified as Antiochos III. The portrait features curling hair swept back from the forehead, with fine die-cutting typical of early third-century BC provincial bronze coinage. The field is plain and unlettered, with the bust occupying the full diameter of the flan. |
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| Reverse description | Ram standing right on a plain ground line, depicted in profile with naturalistic modelling of the body and legs. The abbreviated civic ethnic legend ΗΦΑΙ appears above or around the animal, identifying the issuing city of Hephaistia on the island of Lemnos. The style is characteristic of small Aegean civic bronze issues of the early Hellenistic period. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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