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Drachm
| Issuer | Lampsakos |
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| Year | 375 BC - 325 BC |
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| Reference(s) | SNG Copenhagen#913 (Rhodes), SNG von Aulock#2769 (Megiste) |
| Obverse description | Youthful radiate head of Helios in left profile, rendered with finely detailed curling hair; rays of the solar disk are visible extending from the right side of the field. The bust is unadorned and set within a plain circular border, the portrait executed in the high-relief Rhodian artistic style characteristic of the late Classical period. |
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| Reverse description | A fully open rose blossom depicted en face, its petals spread symmetrically from a central bud, with two lateral stems terminating in unopened rosebuds to either side; the stem below is elegantly curled into a foliate ornament at the base. The ethnic inscription M–E appears in the field to the left and right of the bloom respectively, rendered in Greek characters within a plain incuse square field. |
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| Reverse lettering | M E |
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