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Dichalkon - Andronikos & Alkion
| Issuer | Apameia |
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| Year | 88 BC - 40 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted head of Athena facing right, wearing a crested Corinthian helmet adorned with a forepart of a griffin or animal protome on the crest. The portrait is rendered in the Hellenistic style with fine facial features visible in right profile. The flan is irregularly shaped and the fields are plain and unlettered. The overall engraving reflects the provincial civic bronze coinage tradition of Phrygia during the late Hellenistic period. |
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| Reverse description | Eagle displayed with wings spread wide, standing atop a decorated rectangular altar or base ornamented with a swastika meander pattern. Two six-pointed stars flank the eagle in the upper field, with additional stars in the lower flanking field. The city ethnic ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ arcs along the upper margin, while the magistrates' names ΑΝΔΡΟΝΙΚOY and ΑΛΚΙOY appear in two lines below the altar. The composition is characteristic of the civic bronze coinage of Apameia Kibotos in Phrygia. |
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| Reverse lettering | AΠAMEΩN ANΔPONIKOY AΛKIOY (Translation: Apameia Andronikos (and) Alkion (magistrates)) |
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