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Diobol
| Issuer | Pheneos (Arkadia) |
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| Year | 450 BC - 425 BC |
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| Currency | Aeginetic drachm |
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| Obverse description | Bearded Hermes, nude save for his broad-brimmed petasos and chlamys draped over his shoulders, depicted in dynamic motion striding to left with winged feet. His extended right hand holds the kerykeion (herald's staff), while his left arm cradles a ram against his body. The figure is rendered in an archaic style with bold, confident lines characteristic of Arkadian coinage of the mid-fifth century BC. |
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| Reverse description | A kerykeion (caduceus) depicted frontally at centre, its shaft surmounted by two intertwined serpents forming a rounded loop, all set within a shallow incuse square. To the left of the shaft appears the Greek letter iota (Ι) and to the right the letters delta (Δ), forming the partial civic abbreviation for Pheneos. The incuse treatment and bold relief of the symbol are consistent with Peloponnesian hammered coinage of the classical period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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