Catalog
| Issuer | Alaisa Archonidea |
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| Year | 325 BC - 317 BC |
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| Value | Hemilitron (1/2) |
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| Obverse description | Bare laureate head of Apollo Archagetas facing left, rendered in the refined Sicilian Greek style with softly modeled facial features, almond-shaped eye, and long wavy hair falling in locks behind the neck. The laurel wreath crowning the deity's head is rendered with careful detail. The legend APXAΓETAΣ appears in the field, identifying the deity by his epithet as divine leader and founder. The flan is irregular, as typical of hammered bronze coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse description | A winged thunderbolt is depicted upright at center, its wings elegantly spread and shaft rendered with fine detail, serving as the primary symbol of Zeus and divine authority. To the left of the thunderbolt appears the Greek letter H (eta), functioning as the mark of value denoting the hemilitron denomination. To the right, a bunch of grapes hangs downward, a common Sicilian numismatic symbol evoking the agricultural wealth of the region. The circular Greek legend ΣYMMAXIKON arcs around the upper field, denoting the coin's association with a Sicilian symmachy or military alliance. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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