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Tetradrachm - Poseidonios
| Issuer | Smyrna |
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| Year | 165 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Turreted bust of Tyche, the personification of the city of Smyrna, facing right, wearing a distinctive mural crown with battlements rendered in high relief. The hair falls in long, naturalistic waves behind the neck, framing a finely modelled profile with delicate facial features characteristic of Hellenistic die-engraving. The field is smooth and unadorned, focusing full attention on the imposing effigy. No legend appears on the obverse. The style reflects the refined artistic tradition of the Ionian Greek minting workshops of the second century BC. |
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| Reverse description | Two-line inscription ΣΜΥΡ / ΝΑΙΩΝ ('of the Smyrnaeans') in bold Greek letters at the centre of the field, enclosed within a large, finely detailed wreath of laurel branches tied at the base with an interlaced ribbon. Below the inscription, the magistrate's monogram or civic symbol appears, rendered as an outlined geometric device. The wreath is symmetrically composed with leaves and berries, framing the legend in the canonical Hellenistic civic coinage style. The overall composition is clean and formal, consistent with Smyrnaean civic tetradrachm issues of circa 165 BC. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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