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Drachm
| Issuer | Megara (Megaris) |
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| Year | 300 BC - 250 BC |
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| Reference(s) | BCD Peloponnesos#12, BMC Greek#8, SNG Copenhagen#466, BostonMFA#1105, McClean#5984, Bement#1132, de Luynes#2122, Ward#508, HGC 4#1788 |
| Obverse description | Laureate head of Apollo facing right, rendered in fine archaic-to-classical transitional style. The hair is elaborately dressed and bound beneath a laurel wreath, with loose locks falling behind the neck. A spherical earring is visible at the ear. The facial features are finely modelled with a delicate profile, displaying the characteristic idealized beauty associated with Apollonian imagery in Greek coinage of the early Hellenistic period. |
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| Reverse description | A kithara (lyre) depicted facing, with seven strings rendered in fine detail between two curved arms surmounted by decorative finials and a crossbar; the resonating body is shown with characteristic curved sides. The ethnic legend ΜΕΓΑΡΕΩΝ is inscribed in two lines divided around the instrument, reading vertically on the left (ΜΕΓΑ) and vertically on the right (ΡΕΩΝ), identifying the issuing city of Megara. The design fills the flan in a bold, well-centred composition typical of Megarian civic coinage of the early third century BC. |
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| Mintage | ND (300 BC - 250 BC) |
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