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Drachm - Sariakos
| Issuer | Kings of Skythia |
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| Year | 175 BC - 125 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of the youthful Dionysos facing right, rendered in Hellenistic style with finely engraved locks of hair falling over the neck. The deity wears an ivy wreath adorned with berries, characteristic of his divine attributes. The portrait displays a soft, idealized physiognomy consistent with late Hellenistic Greek coinage traditions adopted by the Scythian rulers. |
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| Reverse description | Central field depicts a Scythian bowcase (gorytus) and a Heraklean club arranged vertically, flanked to the right by a grain ear on a tall stalk, evoking both martial and agricultural symbolism. The royal legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΑΡΙΑΚΟΥ is disposed around the devices in the field, identifying the issuer as King Sariakos. Below the principal devices appears the monogram ΠΥΡ, likely denoting a mint official or place of issue. The composition is characteristic of the hybrid Hellenistic-Scythian coinage of the northern Pontic region. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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