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| Issuer | Priene (Ionia) |
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| Year | 340 BC |
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| Weight | 1.36 g |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted head of Athena facing left, wearing a Corinthian helmet with raised cheekpieces, rendered in archaic Greek style. The goddess's facial features and neck are visible in profile, with the helmet crest indicated above. The flan is irregular and the surface shows a dark olive-green patina consistent with prolonged burial. No legend or inscription appears on the obverse. |
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| Reverse description | A dolphin leaping to the right occupies the central field, depicted in profile with stylized musculature. The central motif is framed by a prominent meander (Greek key) border running continuously around the inner circumference of the coin. Below the dolphin, the civic abbreviation ΠΡΙ (for Priene) is inscribed in archaic Greek letters within the lower portion of the meander frame. The overall design is bold and geometric, characteristic of Ionian civic bronze coinage of the mid-4th century BC. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΠΡΙ |
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