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Didrachm

Issuer Pergamon
Year 166 BC - 67 BC
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Currency Drachm
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Obverse description A Heraklean lion skin draped over an upright club, centrally positioned within the field. The entire design is enclosed within a broad ivy wreath composed of stylized leaves and berries, characteristic of the Pergamene civic coinage tradition. The composition is bold and emblematic, emphasizing the Dionysiac and Heraklean iconographic program associated with the city of Pergamon.
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Reverse description A pendant grape cluster with flanking vine leaves occupies the central field, serving as the primary civic emblem of Pergamon. A monogram appears above the grape cluster, a civic monogram is placed to the left in the field, and a winged kerykeion (caduceus) is positioned to the right, all serving as control marks or magistrate symbols typical of Hellenistic civic coinage.
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Mint Pergamon
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