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Drachm
| Issuer | Sagalassos (Pisidia) |
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| Year | 30 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Zeus facing right, rendered in fine Hellenistic style with abundant flowing locks and a full beard, the hair and laurel wreath depicted with considerable sculptural detail. The portrait is bold and high-relief, filling the flan, with the god's strong, idealized features characteristic of late Hellenistic civic coinage. The field is plain, and the coin is bordered by a beaded dotted circle. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Sagalassos sat high in the Taurus Mountains and had already demonstrated its loyalty to Rome during the wars against Mithridates — a posture that earned it favorable treatment as Roman power consolidated across Asia Minor. This drachm belongs to a civic silver coinage that Sagalassos produced under its own authority, a privilege not universally extended to Pisidian cities, and one that reflected the town's particular standing with Rome in the decades following Actium.