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Æ19
| Issuer | Tyra |
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| Year | 280 BC - 270 BC |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted head of Athena facing right, depicted in fine relief with flowing locks of hair visible beneath the crested Attic helmet. The goddess's facial features are rendered in the Hellenistic style characteristic of Black Sea colonial coinage, with a strong profile and well-defined chin. The flan is irregular and slightly convex, typical of hand-struck bronzes from this region and period. |
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| Reverse description | A bull charging and butting to the left, rendered in compact relief with lowered head and muscular body, standing above a ground line. The ethnic legend ΤΥΡΑ appears in Greek characters above the bull's back, identifying the issuing city of Tyra on the northern Black Sea coast. The composition follows a standard type known from Pontic colonial bronzes of the early third century BC, with the animal depicted in a dynamic posture conveying strength. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΤΥΡΑ |
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