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Hemidrachm
| Issuer | Ambracia |
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| Year | 210 BC |
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| Value | Hemidrachm (1/2) |
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| Obverse description | Pegasos with straight, upswept wings in full flight to right, rendered in bold relief with characteristic Ambracian style. The winged horse is depicted with forelegs extended and hindquarters lowered in a dynamic flying posture. In the lower field beneath the figure, a bunch of grapes serves as a control symbol, referencing the city's association with Dionysiac imagery. |
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| Reverse description | Ivy-wreathed head of the youthful Dionysos facing right, rendered in fine Hellenistic style with soft, idealized facial features. The deity is depicted with characteristically flowing locks bound by an ivy wreath, referencing his divine associations. Behind the head in the field appears the monogram AMΦ (or AMB), serving as the civic abbreviation for Ambracia. |
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| Mint | Ambracia |
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