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Drachm
| Issuer | Hagarian Kingdom (Arabia (ancient)) |
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| Year | 100 BC - 100 AD |
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| Value | Drachm (1) |
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| Obverse description | Stylized bust of Herakles facing right, wearing the Nemean lion skin as a headdress, rendered in a schematic, locally-influenced die-cutting style. The mane of the lion skin is depicted as bold, radiating striated lines filling the field. The facial features are rendered in low relief with a pronounced nose and receding chin, reflecting the gradual abstraction of the Hellenistic prototype by local Arabian die engravers. No legend or inscription appears in the field. |
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| Reverse description | A male figure, likely a dynastic ruler or deity, seated left upon a low throne, holding a long upright scepter in his left hand and cradling a small horse on his extended right arm. To the left of the figure, a palm stem rises vertically in the field. Below the right arm, an anchor-like symbol, interpreted as the emblem of Mleiha, is depicted rotated on its side. The composition follows a schematized adaptation of Seleucid royal reverse types, reflecting the cultural synthesis characteristic of eastern Arabian coinage of this period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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