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| Issuer | Samadi |
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| Year | 200 BC - 150 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted head of Athena facing right, wearing a crested Corinthian helmet with cheek-guards pushed up; flowing locks of hair visible beneath the helmet rim. The portrait is rendered in a vigorous, archaic-influenced style characteristic of southern Italian bronze coinage of the period. The field is plain, with no legend or additional devices. |
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| Reverse description | Four crescents arranged symmetrically in the four quadrants of the field, their horns pointing outward from the centre, creating a pinwheel-like composition. The ethnic legend ΣAMAΔI is distributed around the central device in Greek characters. The design is boldly struck and typical of the civic bronze coinage attributed to the Oscan community of Samadi in southern Italy. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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