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Tetradrachm - Protokleides
| Issuer | Ilion (Troad) |
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| Year | 188 BC - 133 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Facing right, the helmeted head of Athena is rendered in fine Hellenistic style, her Attic helmet adorned with a laurel wreath and a prominent triple crest, the cheek guards slightly raised. Flowing locks of hair cascade beneath the helmet onto the neck, rendered with careful attention to naturalistic detail. The portrait is executed with high relief, occupying the full field of the flan, with no legend on this side. The die engraving displays the accomplished craftsmanship typical of Troadic civic coinage of the second century BC. |
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| Reverse description | Athena Ilias is depicted standing in three-quarter view to the right, clad in a long chiton and peplos, holding a filleted spear diagonally across her shoulder and grasping a distaff in her extended hand. An owl stands at her feet, facing outward, serving as the city's emblematic device. In the inner left field, a monogram appears above a star; the magistrate's name ΠPΩTOKΛEIΔOY is inscribed in the exergue, and the full ethnic legend AΘHNAΣ IΛIAΔOΣ runs around the field, identifying this issue as struck in honor of Athena Ilias at Ilion. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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