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Drachm

Issuer Ashdod
Year 350 BC - 333 BC
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Value 1 Drachm
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Obverse description Archaic-style head of Aphrodite facing right, rendered in the Greco-Phoenician artistic tradition. The effigy displays characteristic archaic facial features including an almond-shaped eye and stylised hair treatment. The portrait occupies the central field of the flan, with the neck truncation visible at the lower register. The overall execution reflects the local Philistian interpretation of Greek iconographic models current in the southern Levant during the Persian period.
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Reverse description A stylised female head depicted full-face in the centre of the field, rendered in a schematic, archaic manner. The design is framed within a square border composed of pellets, all set within a shallow incuse square. Flanking the central head are Aramaic letters, serving as identifying inscription elements characteristic of Philistian civic coinage of the Persian period. The overall composition reflects a local adaptation of frontal-facing female head types common to contemporary eastern Mediterranean coinages.
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