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Tetradrachm - Kalas
| Issuer | Antioch ad Meandrum |
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| Year | 90 BC - 60 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Zeus facing right, rendered in high relief with finely detailed hair and a full, flowing beard characteristic of Hellenistic portraiture. The laureate wreath is rendered with naturalistic leaf forms nestled among the locks of hair. The portrait displays strong, idealised facial features with a prominent brow and aquiline nose. The field is plain, and the design is contained within a dotted border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Antioch ad Meandrum was a small Carian city whose civic coinage is rarely encountered, and the Kalas series represents one of its few autonomous issues struck during the prolonged erosion of Seleucid authority in western Asia Minor. The city's tetradrachms of this period follow the Stephanophoric convention common to cities asserting independence as Rome's influence reshaped regional power structures — but Antioch ad Meandrum remained a minor player, which is precisely why surviving examples are scarce.