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Tetradrachm - Aphobetos, son of Philip
| Issuer | Laodikeia (Phrygia) |
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| Year | 88 BC - 67 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Cista mystica depicted centrally, shown as a wicker basket with a partially open lid from which a serpent emerges and coils upward to the left, rendered in high relief with fine hatched detailing on the basket weave. The entire central device is encircled by a wreath of ivy leaves and berries, the leaves depicted with characteristic lobed forms and clustered berry groups arranged evenly around the border. The composition is characteristic of the Cistophoric coinage type introduced in Pergamon and adopted throughout western Asia Minor. The field is plain silver with no legend or inscription on this face. The overall style reflects the refined engraving tradition of Phrygian cistophoric issues of the late Hellenistic period. |
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| Reverse description | Two serpents rising symmetrically on either side of a central bow case (gorytos), their bodies coiling upward with heads confronting one another at the top of the device. To the left of the bow case, the city ethnic ΛAO is inscribed in the field, identifying the issuing city of Laodikeia. To the right appears a winged kerykeion (caduceus). Between the heads of the two serpents, the magistrate's name is inscribed in two lines reading ΑΦΟΒΗΤΟΣ above ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, identifying the issuing magistrate Aphobetos, son of Philip. The reverse follows the standard Cistophoric reverse type established for cities of the Pergamene and broader western Anatolian region. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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