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| Issuer | Messene (Achaea) |
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| Year | 27 BC - 68 AD |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right, surmounted by a turreted mural crown, rendered in the Hellenistic tradition characteristic of civic bronze coinage. The veil falls softly over the shoulders, emphasizing the goddess's protective and civic attributes. The legend MECCHNI-ΩN arcs around the field, identifying the issuing city of Messene. The die work, though worn, reflects the competent engraving style of the Peloponnesian municipal mint during the early Imperial period. |
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| Reverse description | Artemis standing facing, head turned to the right, clad in a short belted chiton appropriate to her role as divine huntress. Her right hand extends forward holding a long spear, while her left arm rests upon a column. At her feet crouches a hound, a standard attribute of Artemis in her guise as goddess of the hunt. The composition reflects a well-established iconographic type used on Messenian civic bronze coinage of the early Roman Imperial period, executed in a compact, provincial Hellenistic style. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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