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| Issuer | Tauromenion |
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| Year | 211 BC - 208 BC |
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| Reference(s) | CNS#40 , HGC 2#1576 |
| Obverse description | Laureate head of Zeus facing right, rendered in bold relief with richly detailed hair and beard rendered in flowing, deeply cut locks. The portrait is executed in the Hellenistic Sicilian tradition, occupying the full field of the flan. No legend is present on the obverse. The irregular flan and surface patina are consistent with hammered bronze coinage of third-century BC Sicily. |
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| Reverse description | Eagle standing left with wings spread, perched upon a thunderbolt displayed diagonally across the lower field, a common Sicilian Greek type evoking the authority of Zeus. A value mark consisting of vertical strokes appears to the left of the eagle. The ethnic legend TAYPOMENITAN is arranged around the periphery of the flan in Greek characters, identifying the issuing city of Tauromenion. The composition is vigorous and well-centred, typical of Sicilian bronze coinage of the late third century BC. |
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| Reverse lettering | TAYPOMENITAN |
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