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Drachm
| Issuer | Kibyra (Phrygia) |
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| Year | 166 BC - 84 BC |
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| Weight | 3.08 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare male head facing right, wearing a crested Attic-style helmet with cheekguards and a voluted crest, the hair rendered in soft waves beneath the brim. The portrait is executed in a refined Hellenistic style, with well-modelled facial features visible in profile. The entire design is set within a prominent encircling laurel wreath, the individual leaves and berries rendered in high relief against the flat field. |
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| Reverse description | A fully armed cavalryman, helmeted and wearing a cuirass, charges to the right on horseback, brandishing a long spear in his raised right hand and carrying a round shield on his left arm. The horse is depicted in full gallop, its legs extended in dynamic motion. A monogram appears in the left field behind the rider. The Greek civic legend ΚΙΒΥΡΑΤΩΝ, with the magistrate names ΜΕΜΕ and ΙΕΡΩΝ, is distributed in the field, identifying this issue as a civic coinage of Kibyra. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΜΕΜΕ ΙΕΡΩΝ ΚΙΒΥΡΑΤΩΝ |
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