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20 Cents Artemis & Sagittarius
| Issuer | Central Bank of Samoa |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Value | 20 Cents (Sene) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a dynamic high-relief scene of Artemis, the Greek goddess of the hunt, shown in three-quarter view drawing a longbow with determined expression, her hair flowing and her robes draped loosely about her figure. She stands amid a naturalistic forest setting with reeds and foliage rendered in fine detail on the left, while a stag with prominent antlers is visible in the background to the right. The name ARTEMIS appears as a legend in the upper left field, and the denomination 20 CENTS is inscribed along the lower rim. |
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Samoa's numismatic program has long operated as a revenue-generating vehicle rather than a reflection of domestic monetary history, and this piece is squarely in that tradition — a collector-market product with no meaningful circulation intended. The pairing of Artemis with the Sagittarius zodiac archer draws on their shared iconographic association in Hellenistic tradition, where the goddess of the hunt became a natural celestial stand-in for the sign.
Gold-plated copper issues of this type are produced in quantity for the international collector market, typically through contracted minting arrangements.