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Drachm - Aibatios and Chairenos
| Issuer | Apollonia (Illyria) |
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| Year | 120 BC - 70 BC |
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| Diameter | 15 mm |
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| Obverse description | Cow standing left, suckling a calf standing right beneath her; the magistrate name AIBATIOΣ inscribed in the upper field above the cow, with a grain ear in the exergue. The design is rendered in the bold, stylized manner characteristic of Apollonian civic coinage of the late Hellenistic period. |
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| Obverse lettering | AIBATIOΣ |
| Reverse description | The sacred fire of the Nymphaion depicted as a flame device, accompanied by a pedum (shepherd's crook), both enclosed within a linear rectangular frame. The magistrate name XAIPHNOΣ and the city ethnic AΠOΛ are inscribed around the frame in the field, identifying the issuing authority of Apollonia. |
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