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Æ Half Unit
| Issuer | Ilion (Troad) |
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| Year | 159 BC - 133 BC |
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| Reference(s) | Bellinger Troy#T63 , CN type#20490 |
| Obverse description | Helmeted head of Athena facing right, depicted in profile with an Attic helmet featuring a raised crest and cheek guards. The goddess's facial features are rendered in the Hellenistic style typical of Troadic civic coinage, with finely modeled cheek and brow visible beneath the helmet's brim. The flan is irregularly shaped, as is characteristic of struck bronze issues from this period, and the field is otherwise plain. |
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| Reverse description | Athena Ilias striding vigorously to the left in a dynamic martial pose, her right arm extended forward and her left arm raised, depicted in the distinctive cult image associated with the sanctuary at Ilion. A thunderbolt appears in the lower left field, serving as a secondary symbol. The ethnic abbreviation IΛI is inscribed in the field to the right of the figure, identifying the issuing city of Ilion. The composition reflects the city's deep religious and civic devotion to its patron deity in her local Iliadic manifestation. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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