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Drachm - Aglaophon
| Issuer | Iasos |
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| Year | 250 BC - 190 BC |
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| Value | Drachm (1) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Apollo facing right, rendered in fine Hellenistic style with carefully detailed wavy hair bound by a laurel wreath. The youthful, idealized facial features display smooth modelling characteristic of mid-Hellenistic die-cutting, with a straight nose and subtly parted lips. Flowing locks of hair curl down behind the neck and over the shoulder. The portrait fills the flan with no surrounding legend, the plain field emphasizing the high-relief effigy. |
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| Reverse description | A nude male figure, identified as a youth or Eros, reclining and riding upon a dolphin leaping to the left across the field, his body dynamically posed with outstretched arms and legs. The civic monogram ΙΑ appears in the upper left field, serving as the abbreviation for Iasos. Below the dolphin and figure, the magistrate's name ΑΓΛΑΟΦΩΝ is inscribed in large Greek characters along the lower exergual area. The composition is characteristic of the coinage of Iasos, where the dolphin motif alludes to the city's maritime identity. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΙΑ ΑΓΛΑΟΦΩΝ |
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