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20 Lira Antalya Museum
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Value | 20 Lira |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts a full-length relief reproduction of an ancient Greco-Roman female deity statue — likely the goddess Nemesis or a draped Tyche — rendered in fine detail with flowing garments and holding attributes at her side, set on a raised plinth. To the lower right of the figure, the legend '100 yıl / years' commemorates the centenary of the Turkish Republic. The peripheral legend reads 'TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ' along the left arc and 'REPUBLIC OF TÜRKİYE' along the right arc, with a crescent and star device at the top. The denomination '20 Türk Lirası' and the date '2022' appear in the lower border, flanked by decorative dots. The coin was struck in proof finish with deeply mirrored fields contrasting frosted relief elements. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Turkey's "Museum Coins" series, of which this piece is part, was launched to fund conservation and digitization efforts at state museums following years of chronic underfunding. The Antalya Museum holds one of the world's most significant collections of Roman-era artifacts, much of it recovered through aggressive repatriation campaigns Turkey pursued from the 1970s onward — including high-profile legal battles with American institutions over smuggled antiquities.
KM# 1369 was struck at the Turkish State Mint (Darphane) in Istanbul.