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| Issuer | Soloi |
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| Year | 310 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Apollo facing left, head laureate with finely rendered hair. Traces of a Cypriot syllabic symbol are visible to the right of the deity, serving as an identifying mark within the field. The portrait is rendered in the archaic-to-classical transitional style characteristic of Cypriote civic coinage of the early third century BC. |
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| Obverse script | Cypriot syllabary |
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| Reverse description | Draped bust of Aphrodite facing right, her head adorned with a myrtle wreath appropriate to her divine attributes. She is depicted wearing a pendant earring and a necklace, lending an air of refined elegance to the design. The Cypriot syllabic symbol 'ba' appears in the left field, likely referencing the issuing authority or a magistrate's mark. The style is consistent with the refined Cypriote engraving tradition of the period. |
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