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| Issuer | Aegina |
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| Year | 370 BC - 350 BC |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Two dolphins confronted and swimming upward, their bodies arched symmetrically toward one another, forming a broadly ovoid composition within the flan. The Greek letter alpha (A) is placed in the field between them, serving as an ethnic abbreviation for Aigina. The rendering is bold and schematic, characteristic of Aeginetan bronze coinage of the mid-fourth century BC. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Deep incuse square, struck by the anvil die, divided into five recessed compartments by a cruciform arrangement of raised ridges, with the lower right quadrant further subdivided by a diagonal bar, producing the characteristic skewed mill-sail pattern associated with Aeginetan coinage. The incuse is well-centered within the irregular flan, with clearly defined raised borders framing the square. |
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