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Hemiobol
| Issuer | Phanagoreia |
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| Year | 400 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Youthful laureate head of Apollo facing left, rendered in archaic Greek style with delicate facial features, a wreath of laurel leaves crowning the hair, and long tresses falling behind the neck. The die engraving displays the characteristic fine workmanship of Bosporan coinage of the early fourth century BC, with the portrait occupying nearly the full flan. The irregular flan edge is typical of the small hammered silver issues of this region and period. |
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| Reverse description | A stylized barley grain depicted in raised relief at center, oriented vertically with a prominent central ridge and flanking husks, set within a shallow circular incuse square. To the left of the grain appears the Greek letter Phi (Φ) and to the right the letter Alpha (Α), forming the civic abbreviation ΦΑ for Phanagoreia. The incuse technique and sparse design are characteristic of the small-denomination bronze and silver coinage of the Bosporan city-states during the fifth and fourth centuries BC. |
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| Mintage | ND (-400) |
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