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| Issuer | Amorium (Phrygia) |
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| Year | 133 BC - 30 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Turreted bust of Tyche facing right, wearing a mural crown with battlements, her hair gathered behind the neck in a loose braid. The effigy is rendered in low relief with schematic facial features typical of Phrygian civic bronze coinage of the Hellenistic period. The field is plain, and the design is contained within a dotted border. |
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| Reverse description | A lion bounding to the right with raised forepaw and open jaws, depicted in dynamic profile with a raised tail curling behind. The Greek civic legend ΑΜΟΡΙΑΝΩΝ is divided around the type, with ΔΙ appearing above and ΑΜΟΡΙΑΝΩΝ distributed across the field and exergue. The composition is bordered by a shallow incuse square, characteristic of Hellenistic civic bronzes of Phrygia. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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