Catalog
| Issuer | Iaetia (Sicily) |
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| Year | 241 BC - 180 BC |
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| Diameter | 17 mm |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Zeus facing left, rendered in a robust Hellenistic style with finely detailed wreath, flowing beard, and coarse hair locks swept back from the brow. The portrait occupies the full field of the flan with strong facial relief, exhibiting the mature, bearded visage characteristic of Zeus iconography in Sicilian civic coinage of the period. No legend or inscription appears in the field or exergue. |
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| Reverse description | Herakles depicted standing left in a static pose, wearing the Nemean lion-skin draped over his outstretched left arm, while his right arm rests upon an upright club. The heroic figure is rendered in a simplified Hellenistic style typical of Sicilian civic bronzes. The ethnic legend ΙΑΙΤΟΥ appears in the field, identifying the issuing community of Iaetia. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΙΑΙΤΟΥ |
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