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Litra
| Issuer | Motya |
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| Year | 405 BC - 397 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Facing gorgoneion depicted full face, with large staring eyes, broad flat nose, and slightly parted lips in a menacing expression. The hair is rendered as writhing serpents coiling outward from the crown of the head, characteristic of the archaic Gorgon type as adapted by Sicilian Punic engravers. The high-relief modelling fills the irregular flan, with fine detail in the serpentine locks framing the forehead. The field is plain, with no legend or additional devices. |
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| Reverse description | A stylized palm tree (Phoenix dactylifera) depicted with a slender central trunk bearing paired fronds radiating symmetrically upward and outward, rendered in low relief. The palm is a distinctly Phoenician civic emblem closely associated with Motya and Carthaginian coinage of Sicily. To the lower left of the trunk, two small symbols are visible in the field: a star or asterisk-like mark and a curved linear sign, likely Punic letters or control marks. The field is otherwise plain, with no surrounding legend. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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