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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Teos (Ionia) |
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| Year | 165 BC - 140 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Youthful head of Dionysos facing right, the hair wreathed with ivy leaves and a flower, arranged in a rolled coiffure from which a characteristic spiral lock descends upon the neck and shoulders. The portrait is rendered in the Hellenistic style, conveying the god's sensuous and divine nature through fine engraving typical of Ionian civic coinage of the period. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Cult statue of Apollo Clarius depicted full-length, standing to left, nude to the hips with a himation draped over the left arm; the god extends a kantharos in his outstretched left hand and holds a thyrsos upright in his right hand. To the right stands a tall pedestal surmounted by a small figure of Marsyas facing right and holding a wineskin, referencing the mythological contest between Marsyas and Apollo. A monogram appears in the left field, and the ethnic inscription ΤΗΙΩΝ identifying the issuing city of Teos is prominently placed in the field. |
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