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Hemiobol Pisidia

Issuer Selge
Year 300 BC - 190 BC
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Value Hemiobol (1⁄12)
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Obverse description Facing head of a gorgoneion rendered in archaic style, depicted full-face with characteristic serpentine hair, bulging eyes, and protruding tongue. The image fills the compact flan with bold, raised relief typical of Pisidian civic coinage. No legend or inscription is present in the field.
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Reverse description Head of a lion facing right in profile, rendered with schematic but vigorous detail including an open maw and stylized mane. An astragalos (knucklebone) is depicted in the field as a subsidiary symbol, serving as a civic emblem of Selge. The design is executed in high relief appropriate to the small hammered flan, with no surrounding legend.
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