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Æ18 ASSORV
| Issuer | Assorus |
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| Year | 50 BC - 27 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of a female deity, likely a local goddess or personification of the city, facing right and adorned with a stephane. The portrait is rendered in a provincial Hellenistic style characteristic of Sicilian civic coinage of the late Republican period. The field is plain, with no visible legend or supplementary devices. The flan is slightly irregular, as is typical of hammered bronzes from this mint. |
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| Reverse description | A yoked pair of oxen advancing to the right, depicted in a sturdy, compact provincial style evoking the agricultural identity of the Sicel city of Assorus. Above the oxen, the civic legend ASSORV arcs across the upper field, identifying the issuing community. A ploughshare or ground line is suggested beneath the animals. The composition references the foundational myth or agrarian character of the city. |
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| Mintage | ND (50 BC - 27 BC) |
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