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Æ13 civic issue
| Issuer | Elaia |
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| Year | 450 BC - 300 BC |
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| Value | Drachm (1) |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted head of Athena facing left, rendered in archaic Greek style with visible crested Attic helmet. The goddess's facial features are rendered with characteristic severity, her eye depicted in the early frontal convention within a profile portrait. The flan is irregular and the surfaces show typical ancient patination consistent with a civic bronze issue. |
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| Reverse description | Athena's owl (Athene noctua) standing facing on a palm branch, wings closed, with head turned slightly to front in the classical manner. The bird is depicted with careful detail, its talons gripping the branch which extends horizontally across the lower field. The ethnic legend ΕΛΑΙΤΩΝ is disposed around the type in Greek characters, identifying the issuing city of Elaia in Aeolis. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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