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Drachm
| Issuer | Philippopolis |
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| Year | 350 BC |
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| Value | Drachm (1) |
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| Obverse description | Facing head of Hera rendered in high relief, wearing a stephane (diadem crown) across the brow, pendant earrings, and a solid torc-like necklace encircling the neck. The goddess is depicted frontally, a relatively rare and artistically ambitious orientation in ancient Greek coinage. The facial features are rendered with careful attention to archaic-to-classical transitional style, with almond-shaped eyes and structured drapery implied at the shoulders. The field surrounding the head is plain and unlettered. |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Palamnaios, depicted as a mature, powerful figure draped from the waist down with his torso bare, seated in left profile upon a rocky outcrop. In his raised right hand he holds a long scepter, while his left hand rests upon the surface of the rock beside him. A thunderbolt is positioned to his left in the field. The ethnic legend ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟ ΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ is disposed in two lines across the field, identifying the issuing authority as the citizens of Philippopolis in Thessaly. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟ ΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ |
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