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| Issuer | Ebusus |
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| Year | 370 BC - 300 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Frontal figure of the deity Bes depicted standing in the field, rendered in a squat, dwarfish form characteristic of Punic iconography. The god is shown naked, holding an apple in the raised right hand and a serpent in the left hand. The figure's leonine face with protruding tongue, feathered crown, and stocky proportions are hallmarks of the Ebusan Bes type. The style is crude and schematic, consistent with small-denomination hammered bronze coinage of the western Phoenician tradition. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse type mirrors the obverse, featuring a frontal standing figure of Bes in the same squat, naked posture, holding an apple in the right hand and a snake in the left. The repetition of the Bes motif on both sides is a distinctive and well-documented feature of Ebusan small bronze coinage of this period. The die work is rough and compact, reflecting the small module and hammered technique. No legend or exergual inscription is present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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