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Æ18 - Philadelphia Lydia
| Issuer | Philadelphia |
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| Year | 120 BC - 1 BC |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Bearded head of Zeus facing right, rendered in the Hellenistic tradition, with hair bound by a taenia. The portrait is boldly struck in high relief, with the facial features and flowing hair rendered with characteristic civic mint workmanship. The field around the head is plain, and the flan shows the irregularity typical of struck bronze coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse description | A seven-stringed lyre depicted in the field with a plectrum suspended beneath it, the whole enclosed within a circular laurel wreath tied at the base. The lyre, sacred to Apollo, serves as the principal civic type of Philadelphia in Lydia. The legend ΦIΛAΔEΛ-ΦEΩN is inscribed in two lines flanking the lyre within the wreath, identifying the issuing city. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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