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Æ - Adaios Kypsela
| Issuer | Kings of Thrace |
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| Year | 255 BC - 245 BC |
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| Diameter | 20 mm |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Apollo facing right, rendered in the Hellenistic style with flowing curly hair bound by a laurel wreath; the facial features are finely modelled with a straight nose and slightly parted lips. The portrait occupies the full flan with no surrounding legend or border, conveying a bold, large-module design typical of Thracian bronzes of the mid-third century BC. |
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| Reverse description | A Delphic tripod cauldron with three legs rendered in detail at centre, flanked to the left by a palm branch or thyrsus. The ethnic legend ΑΔΑΙΟΥ is distributed around the tripod in the field, reading vertically on the right side. A monogram appears above a thunderbolt to the left of the tripod, serving as a magistrate's or mint control mark; the overall composition is characteristic of civic bronze issues from Thracian Cypsela. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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