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Æ - Amadocus II
| Issuer | Odryssa, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 359 BC - 351 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | A large, stylized cluster of grapes occupies the central field, rendered in high relief with individually delineated berries. The bunch is suspended from a short stem at the top, with a curving vine branch encircling the design. Pellets are distributed around the field within the vine border, adding decorative rhythm to the composition. The overall design is bold and emblematic, consistent with Thracian Odrysian artistic conventions of the mid-fourth century BC. |
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| Reverse description | A bipennis (double-headed axe, or labrys) is depicted in the center of the field, shown frontally with a short handle and symmetrical blades splayed to either side. The Greek legend AMATOKO is arranged around the central device, with individual letters distributed in the field to the upper left, upper right, lower left, and lower right of the axe. The lettering is rendered in archaic Greek characters consistent with Thracian epigraphy of the fourth century BC. The design is bold and schematic, typical of Odrysian bronze coinage struck under Amadocus II. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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