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Drachm
| Issuer | Lyttos (Crete (ancient)) |
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| Year | 320 BC - 270 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Eagle depicted in flight, oriented to the right, with wings fully spread and powerfully rendered in high relief. The body of the bird is finely detailed with engraved feathering across the breast and folded tail feathers visible below. The head is turned slightly, emphasizing the predatory character typical of Cretan coinage of this period. The design fills the flan in a bold, archaic style characteristic of early Hellenistic Cretan minting practice. |
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| Reverse description | Head of a boar facing right, rendered in bold relief with clearly articulated snout, prominent tusks, and deeply engraved eye, set within a dotted border square. The entire design is contained within a shallow incuse square, a hallmark of early Greek coinage technique. The retrograde ethnic legend ΛYTTΣON is inscribed along the upper and right sides of the inner square, identifying the issuing city of Lyttos. The incuse treatment and the combination of the boar type with the civic legend are characteristic of Lyttian coinage of the early Hellenistic period. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΛYTTΣON |
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