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Æ23 - Byzantium ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Byzantium |
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| Year | 100 BC - 1 BC |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Youthful head of Dionysus facing right, crowned with an ivy wreath, the locks of hair rendered in typical Hellenistic style. The portrait is modeled in moderate relief with softly defined facial features characteristic of late Republican-era Greek civic coinage. The field is plain, with no visible inscription on this side. |
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| Reverse description | A bunch of grapes depicted centrally in the field, rendered with stylized clusters suspended from a short stalk, a recurrent Dionysiac and civic emblem of Byzantium. The ethnic legend ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ is disposed around the type, identifying the issuing city. The design is characteristic of the autonomous bronze coinage of Byzantium and reflects the city's long association with Dionysiac iconography. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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