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Æ19
| Issuer | Paros |
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| Year | 325 BC - 275 BC |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | A goat standing right in profile, rendered with lively detail showing raised head and alert posture. The ethnic legend ΠΑΡ is inscribed to the left of the animal in Greek characters, partially visible due to flan irregularity. The type alludes to the pastoral character of Parian iconography, with the goat as a recurring civic emblem of the island. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΠΑΡ |
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Paros, the Cycladic island famous for its white marble, operated a relatively modest civic bronze coinage during the late fourth and early third centuries — a period when the island shifted between Macedonian and Ptolemaic spheres of influence following Alexander's campaigns. The "var." designations against both HGC and BMC suggest this piece carries a die combination or secondary feature not precisely matched in standard references, which is not unusual for small island bronzes of this period where die production was inconsistent and short-lived.