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Drachm
| Issuer | City of Arse-Saguntum (Edetani people) |
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| Year | 300 BC - 218 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm (first half of the 2nd century BC) |
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| Obverse description | Draped female bust facing right, wearing a Corinthian helmet with raised cheek-guards and a prominent crest, rendered in a style strongly influenced by Greek coinage from the western Mediterranean. The hair falls in thick, curling locks onto the neck and shoulder. The facial features are finely modelled with a well-defined eye, straight nose, and slightly parted lips. The field to the left shows traces of what appears to be a small secondary motif, consistent with known die varieties of this Arse-Saguntum emission. |
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| Reverse description | A bearded man-headed bull advancing to the right, a type known as a river-god or genius loci motif, characteristic of Hispano-Iberian silver coinage derived from Greek prototypes. The bull's muscular body is rendered in profile with careful attention to anatomical detail, while the human head bears a bearded visage facing right. An Iberian legend in the Levantine semi-syllabic script appears in the field or exergue, identifying the issuing city. The overall composition reflects the hybrid Greco-Iberian artistic tradition of the eastern Hispanian coast during the late pre-Roman period. |
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| Mint | Arse, Hispania, modern-day Sagunto, Spain |
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