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Tetradrachm - Dion
| Issuer | Tralleis |
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| Year | 167 BC - 66 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Cista mystica depicted in three-quarter view, from which a serpent emerges and coils upward into the field. The whole design is encircled by an ivy wreath with berries, rendered in the Hellenistic artistic style characteristic of cistophoric coinage issued by cities of western Asia Minor. |
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| Reverse description | Two serpents coiled around a bow case (gorytos), their heads rearing at upper left and upper right. Above the bow case, the magistrate's name ΔION in Greek characters. To the left, the ethnic abbreviation TPAΛ identifying the issuing city of Tralleis; to the right, a kithara serving as a civic symbol or secondary control mark. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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