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Drachm
| Issuer | Pordosilene |
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| Year | 427 BC - 405 BC |
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| Value | Drachm (1) |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of Apollo facing right, rendered in fine archaic-to-early classical style with short, wavy hair bound by a tainia (fillet) across the brow. The locks are arranged in neat, naturalistic waves above the ear, with a characteristic ringlet curling forward at the temple. The youthful, idealised features display a strong profile with a well-defined nose and chin, filling the flan with confident artistic authority. No legend appears in the field. |
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| Reverse description | A kithara (lyre) depicted facing, with a rounded tortoise-shell resonator at the base surmounted by two curved arms joined at the top by a crossbar from which the strings are suspended, all rendered in bold relief within a shallow incuse square of roughly quadrate form. The ethnic legend of Pordosilene is inscribed in archaic Greek characters divided between the left and right sides of the incuse field, flanking the lyre device. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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