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Drachm
| Issuer | Eretria |
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| Year | 500 BC - 465 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Cow standing left, head turned back to the right, the animal scratching its head with its raised right hind leg, rendered in archaic Greek style with careful attention to musculature and naturalistic pose. |
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| Reverse description | Octopus depicted frontally within a shallow incuse square, its eight tentacles radiating outward in a symmetrical arrangement with curling tips; the letter epsilon (E), the initial of Eretria, appears below the octopus in the lower field of the incuse. |
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| Mintage | ND (500 BC - 465 BC) |
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