Catalog
Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Smyrna |
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| Year | 190 BC - 75 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Tyche facing right, wearing a distinctive mural crown with crenellated battlements rendered in fine relief, her flowing hair arranged in loose curls falling behind the neck. The facial features are rendered with considerable artistic skill, exhibiting the refined Hellenistic style characteristic of Smyrnaean civic coinage. The field is smooth and unlettered, the portrait occupying the full flan with strong sculptural presence. |
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| Reverse description | A lion standing right with its left forepaw raised, rendered in a bold Hellenistic style emblematic of Smyrna's civic imagery. The entire design is enclosed within a wreath of oak leaves tied at the base. The ethnic legend ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ appears, accompanied by the magistrate's name NIKOΣTPATOΣ in the exergue or field, identifying this issue within the city's sequential magistrate-dated series. |
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| Mint | Smyrna (Ionia) |
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