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Obol
| Issuer | Salapia |
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| Year | 225 BC - 210 BC |
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| Value | Obol (⅙) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Apollo facing right, rendered in fine Hellenistic style with long hair falling in wavy locks behind the neck and bound by a laurel wreath. The portrait is modeled in high relief with well-defined facial features typical of South Italian Greek coinage of the late third century BC. The field is plain, with no legend or inscription on the obverse. |
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| Reverse description | A horse prancing vigorously to the right, depicted with energetic naturalism characteristic of Apulian Greek bronzes; the animal's forelegs are raised and its mane is rendered in careful detail. A six-pointed star or asterisk symbol appears in the upper left field above the horse's back. Below the horse, arranged in two lines within the lower field, is the ethnic legend of the Salapian community in Greek characters. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΣΑΛΠΙΝΩΝ |
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