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Chalkon - various magistrates

Issuer Smyrna
Year 190 BC - 50 BC
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Orientation Variable alignment ↺
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Obverse description Laureate and turreted head of the city goddess Tyche facing right, wearing a mural crown adorned with towers, her hair rendered in wavy locks falling behind the neck. The facial features are modelled in a competent Hellenistic style, with a dotted border encircling the flan. The portrait is presented in high relief typical of Ionian civic bronze coinage of the period.
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Reverse description A tall cult statue of Aphrodite Stratonikis, depicted frontally and standing within a wreath of laurel or olive branches that frames the entire reverse field. The idol appears in an archaic xoanon style, rendered in schematic form with a columnar body and outstretched attributes. A Greek legend naming the city and the issuing magistrate is inscribed within or alongside the wreath border, divided on either side of the central type.
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