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Drachm
| Issuer | Uncertain Philistian city (Cities of Philistia) |
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| Year | 450 BC - 333 BC |
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| Diameter | 12 mm |
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| Obverse description | Bearded male head facing right, rendered in the Greco-Persian artistic tradition. The head is shown in profile with strong facial features including a prominent eye, defined beard, and what appears to be a crested helmet or headdress with dotted decoration. The die work reflects the influence of Athenian and Achaemenid coinage styles characteristic of Philistian silver issues of the fifth and fourth centuries BC. |
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| Reverse description | A paradise flower or Phoenician palmette occupies the central field, flanked within the volutes by two confronted birds facing one another (vis-à-vis). Below the palmette, a dolphin is depicted swimming to the right. The entire design is enclosed within a dotted square border, itself set within an incuse square, a hallmark compositional arrangement of Philistian coinage of the Persian period. |
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| Mintage | ND (450 BC - 333 BC) |
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