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Dodekadrachm
| Issuer | Derrones |
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| Year | 480 BC - 465 BC |
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| Weight | 39.22 g |
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| Obverse description | A helmeted male driver, rendered in profile facing right, controls a two-wheeled cart (biga) drawn by a single ox or bull advancing to the right across a ground line composed of a double row of pellets. The animal is depicted with naturalistic musculature and a decorated collar, its head turned slightly downward. Beneath the wheels of the cart, a circular decorative element is visible in the field. The composition fills the broad, irregular flan with considerable relief, characteristic of early Macedonian and Thraco-Macedonian coinage of the archaic period. |
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| Reverse description | Deeply recessed, rough incuse square occupying the majority of the broad flan, typical of early hammered coinage produced in the Thraco-Macedonian region. Within the incuse field, a small schematic figure — possibly a crouching or running animal — is faintly visible near the centre, accompanied by a small annular punch mark. The surface is heavily granular and irregular, consistent with the primitive reverse technique employed on this series. No legend or inscription is present. |
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| Mintage | ND (480 BC - 465 BC) |
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