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Drachm
| Issuer | Aegina |
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| Year | 404 BC - 338 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Land tortoise (Testudo graeca) depicted in high relief from above, occupying the central field, its domed carapace rendered with a detailed segmented pattern of scutes arranged in characteristic rows. The head is visible at the top, with stubby limbs protruding at the sides and hindquarters visible below. The flan is irregular and the surrounding field is flat and undecorated, consistent with the hammered coinage tradition of Aegina. |
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| Reverse description | Large square incuse punch divided into five recessed compartments by raised ridges forming a skewed pattern, characteristic of the late Aeginetan coinage type. A small dolphin is depicted swimming upward within the lower left segment. The Greek letters Α and ΙΓ appear as a control mark or magistrate's initials within the incuse field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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