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1/3 Siglos
| Issuer | Paphos |
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| Year | 525 BC - 480 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Bull standing to left in profile, rendered in high relief in the Archaic style characteristic of early Cypriot coinage. The animal is depicted with naturalistic musculature, its four legs clearly defined against a plain, unadorned field. The flan is irregular, consistent with hand-struck production of the late Archaic period. |
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| Reverse description | Eagle's head facing left, depicted in high relief within a dotted incuse square, the whole executed in the hammered incuse technique typical of early Cypriot silver. Beneath the eagle's head is a guilloche (twisted rope) pattern serving as a ground line, while the upper left corner of the incuse square features a palmette motif emerging from spiralling tendrils. The design elements are characteristic of the artistic vocabulary of the Archaic Cypriot mints. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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