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| Issuer | Thebes (Boeotia) |
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| Year | 395 BC - 338 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Youthful bare head of Herakles facing left, depicted in three-quarter relief, the hero identifiable by the scalp of the Nemean lion worn as a headdress, with the beast's muzzle prominently rendered above the forehead and the pelt's mane cascading behind. The portrait displays archaic stylistic conventions typical of Boeotian bronze coinage of the fourth century BC, with bold facial features and a strong jawline. The field is plain, with no surrounding legend. |
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| Reverse description | A Heraklean club depicted horizontally across the upper field, with a strung bow rendered vertically or diagonally beneath or alongside it, the two attributes of Herakles serving as the principal reverse type. The magistrates' names are split into two lines across the field, divided by a horizontal line or groundline separating the inscription, consistent with the abbreviated dual-magistrate naming convention employed on Theban bronze issues of this period. The engraving is bold though somewhat irregular, characteristic of hammered Boeotian civic bronzes. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑΡΙΣ ΦΕΙΔΟ |
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