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Drachm
| Issuer | Histaia |
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| Year | 350 BC - 340 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of the nymph Histaia facing right, her hair elaborately wreathed with vine leaves and bunches of grapes, rendered in fine archaic-to-classical Greek style. The hair falls in flowing locks about the neck, with detailed crosshatching indicating rich texture. The portrait is rendered with expressive facial features characteristic of 4th-century Euboian coinage, occupying the full field of the flan with no legend or inscription. |
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| Reverse description | A bull stands in profile facing right, depicted in full body with muscular modelling, its hooves resting on a ground line. Behind the bull, a grapevine with branches and hanging clusters of grapes rises prominently in the field, referencing the viticultural wealth of the region. A cluster of grapes appears to the right, and on some specimens a monogram replaces the right-hand bunch. The ethnic abbreviation ΙΣΤΙ appears in Greek characters along the lower exergue, identifying the issuing city of Histaia. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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