Drachm with the curly head

Issuer Sotiates
Year 121 BC - 52 BC
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1 Drachm
Currency
Composition Silver
Weight 2.98 g
Diameter 15 mm
Thickness
Shape Irregular
Technique
Orientation
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) LT#3015 var.
Obverse description Head to the left, with for hair a single curvilinear row of interlaced S, the first of which forms the forehead and the last ends in a loop on the neck; below the eyebrow, eye made of a point on an arc of a circle; straight nose rounded at the end; two-point lips; pointed chin; pointing ear; fairly long neck ending in a raised horizontal line.
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Reverse description Ball-shaped cross in the center, formed of four angles: an S in the 1st canton, an annulet surmounted by a lunula in the 2nd, a pellet adorned with a lunula in the 3rd and a pointed ring connected to a point above and another to the below to the 4th quarter.
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Edge
Mint
Mintage ND (121 BC - 52 BC) - -
Numisquare ID 8959395940
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