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1/2 Stater - Orchamos
| Issuer | Abdera |
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| Year | 411 BC - 385 BC |
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| Value | 1/2 Silver Stater (1) |
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| Obverse description | Griffin seated to right in the field, with wings spread upward and forepaws resting on the ground, rendered in high relief with fine archaic detailing. The creature's feathered body and raised wing tips are executed with considerable artistic skill typical of Abderan coinage of the late fifth to early fourth century BC. The ethnic legend ΑΒΔΗΡΙΤΕΩΝ is disposed around the periphery of the flan in Greek characters. |
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| Reverse description | A wolf or lion advancing to the right, depicted within a shallow incuse square with a linear border, rendered in fine relief characteristic of the Classical period. The animal is shown with muscular body and alert posture, the design occupying the central field of the incuse. The magistrate's name, Orchamos, appears in abbreviated Greek letters disposed in the four corners of the incuse square, reading ΕΠ ΟΡΧΑΜΟ, indicating the eponymous magistrate responsible for this issue. |
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| Mintage | ND (411 BC - 385 BC) |
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