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Diobol In the name of Alexander I Molossus
| Issuer | Tarentum |
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| Year | 330 BC - 310 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Reverse description | Winged thunderbolt (keraunos) depicted horizontally in the center of the field, with symmetrical volute wings and pointed tips issuing from each end, rendered with fine detail. The legend ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΕΡ is inscribed in Greek characters along the upper field, and ΝΕΟΠΤΟΛΕΜΟΥ along the lower field, identifying the coin as struck in the name of Alexander I Molossus, son of Neoptolemos. The design occupies the full flan within a plain circular border, with the thunderbolt's decorative volutes and lightning-bolt extensions rendered in confident, well-executed relief typical of South Italian Greek coinage of the late fourth century BC. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
| Reverse lettering | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΕΡ ΝΕΟΠΤΟΛΕΜΟΥ |
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