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Drachm
| Issuer | Parion |
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| Year | 500 BC - 400 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Facing gorgoneion (Medusa head) rendered in archaic style, with large staring eyes, broad flat nose, and an open mouth revealing teeth and protruding tongue. The visage is framed by a wreath of coiled serpents forming the hair, with the entire design filling the round flan. The bold, apotropaic image is characteristic of early Greek coinage from Parion and is executed in high relief with strong facial detail. |
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| Reverse description | Deep incuse square divided into four quadrants by a raised linear cruciform pattern, creating a windmill or cross-like arrangement of recessed and raised areas. The quadrants display alternating relief and incuse sections, a hallmark of early Archaic Greek hammered coinage. The design is purely geometric with no inscription or figurative element, typical of 5th century BC electrum and silver issues from Mysia. |
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| Mintage | ND - 5th century BC |
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