Catalog
| Issuer | Arados |
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| Year | 77 BC - 76 BC |
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| Diameter | 26.5 mm |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Tyche facing right, wearing a turreted and veiled crown with multiple tall battlements, her hair arranged in loose locks falling to the shoulder. The portrait is rendered in fine Hellenistic style with delicate facial features, and the drapery falls over the left shoulder. The field is plain and the flan shows characteristic irregular edges typical of Aradian coinage of the late 1st century BC. |
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| Reverse description | Standing figure of Nike facing left within a laurel wreath border, holding a wreath aloft in her right hand and a palm frond in her left; she stands on a small base or prow. To the left of the figure, the Aradian civic year date ΓΠΡ (year 183) is inscribed vertically, with the month letters ΜΣ below. To the right, the Phoenician letters of the city name ARADOS are inscribed vertically. The entire design is encircled by a wreath of laurel leaves. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΓΠΡ ΜΣ |
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