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| Issuer | Lappa |
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| Year | 200 BC - 67 BC |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Facing head of a horned river-god, turned slightly to the right, rendered in low relief with a broad, schematic face and prominent horns emerging from the hair, characteristic of Cretan civic bronze coinage. The flan is small and slightly irregular, with the design centered within a plain field. No legend or inscription is present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Lappa was one of the more isolated inland cities of western Crete, and its bronze coinage was produced entirely for local exchange — it never achieved the wider circulation of coastal minting centers like Kydonia or Gortyn. The city survived the Roman conquest of Crete in 67 BC largely intact, which is more than can be said for Kydonia, razed by Metellus's campaign.