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Tetradrachm - Demetrios
| Issuer | Smyrna |
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| Year | 105 BC - 95 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Turreted head of Tyche facing right, wearing a mural crown with crenellated battlements rendered in fine detail. The goddess displays flowing wavy hair falling in loose locks behind the neck, executed in the Hellenistic artistic tradition. The facial features are rendered with naturalistic precision, with a graceful profile characteristic of late Hellenistic die-cutting from the Smyrnaean mint. |
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| Reverse description | Lion standing right with left forepaw raised, depicted in a bold and vigorous Hellenistic style. The exergue contains the magistrate's name ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ along with a monogram. The ethnic legend ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ appears in the field. The entire design is enclosed within an oak wreath border, a civic symbol associated with Smyrna's coinage of this period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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