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Hexas
| Issuer | Motya (Sicily) |
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| Year | 415 BC - 397 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Reverse description | Head of a youthful male figure, most likely Apollo or a local deity, shown in right-facing profile with elaborately rendered curling hair secured by a taenia or wreath. The hair falls in tight, carefully incised ringlets about the neck and temples, displaying the refined Sicilian engraving style of the late fifth century BC. The field is plain and devoid of inscription or subsidiary devices. The portrait displays a strong artistic affinity with the broader tradition of Siculo-Punic bronze coinage produced at Motya during its final decades before the city's destruction in 397 BC. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (415 BC - 397 BC) |
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