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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Kibyra (Phrygia) |
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| Year | 166 BC - 84 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of the hero Kibyrus facing right, wearing a crested helmet and bearing a spear over the right shoulder. The portrait is rendered in the Hellenistic tradition, with fine engraving of the facial features and drapery folds at the shoulder. The field is plain, with no surrounding legend on this face of the coin. |
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| Reverse description | A fully armed horseman, wearing helmet and cuirass, charges to the right with a spear couched in the right hand and a round shield on the left arm. Above the horse, the pilei (conical caps) of the Dioskuri are depicted as divine symbols of protection and legitimacy. The Greek ethnic legend ΚΙΒΥΡΑΤΩΝ appears in the field along with the magistrate's initials ΣΙΛ ΜΑ Β and the mint abbreviation ΜΟ, distributed around the reverse design in characteristic Hellenistic civic coinage style. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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