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Drachm
| Issuer | Euboian League |
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| Year | 350 BC - 300 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of a female deity, most likely the nymph or a local goddess, facing right, her hair elaborately curled and bound with a laurel wreath adorned with berries. The facial features are rendered in fine archaic-classical Greek style with smooth modelling of the cheek and a slightly parted neck line visible at the truncation. The flan is slightly irregular, typical of hand-struck Euboian federal coinage of the late 4th century BC. No legend appears on the obverse. |
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| Reverse description | A bull standing to the left in three-quarter perspective, its head turned to face the viewer, beneath a grapevine laden with grape clusters, a characteristic emblem of Euboian coinage. To the right of the bull, a kantharos (wine cup) is depicted, reinforcing the Dionysiac iconographic programme. A ground line runs beneath the bull, with the ethnic inscription IΣTI partially visible in Greek characters in the exergue, identifying this issue with the city of Histiaia or the Euboian League. The overall composition is vigorous and well-executed in the high relief characteristic of Euboian federal silver coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | IΣTI |
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