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Drachm
| Issuer | Phaistos (Crete (ancient)) |
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| Year | 330 BC - 320 BC |
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| Weight | 5.60 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, bearded male head in right profile, identified as Herakles or a local hero, rendered in fine late Classical Greek style with detailed, deeply engraved curling locks. The facial features are strongly modelled, with a prominent brow, well-defined beard, and slightly parted lips. The retrograde legend ΦAIΣTIO is inscribed along the right field, reading from bottom to top. The flan is slightly irregular, characteristic of hammered Cretan coinage of this period. A beaded border is partially visible along the coin's periphery. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΦAIΣTIO |
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| Reverse lettering | ΦAI |
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