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Drachm
| Issuer | Kaunos |
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| Year | 490 BC - 470 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Winged female figure of Iris depicted in the archaic kneeling-running pose (knielauf), facing right with head turned back to left; arms outstretched to either side. The figure is rendered in the early Classical style, with detailed wing feathering and flowing drapery characteristic of Carian coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse description | Griffin standing to left in profile within a quadripartite incuse square, the right forepaw raised in a heraldic posture; the creature displays a leonine body with avian wings and an eagle's beak. The deeply recessed incuse square is divided into four triangular sections by intersecting diagonal lines, a technique typical of early Carian civic coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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