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Dichalkos Prow of galley
| Issuer | Arados |
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| Year | 186 BC - 185 BC |
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| Weight | 3.51 g |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Tyche facing right, wearing a turreted crown, her hair arranged in waves beneath the mural crown. A palm-frond appears behind the bust. The design is set within a dotted border and rendered in the Hellenistic style characteristic of Phoenician civic coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse description | Prow of a galley advancing to the left, depicted in profile with typical Hellenistic naval iconography. Above the prow, the Phoenician letters AP appear in ligature flanked by two additional Phoenician characters reading from right to left. Below the prow, the regnal year of issue is expressed in Phoenician numerals, serving as a precise dating element within the Aradian civic era. |
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| Reverse lettering | Γ AP O |
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