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Drachm - Ariarathes I Gaziura
| Issuer | Kings of Cappadokia |
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| Year | 333 BC - 322 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse lettering | 𐡁𐡋 𐡂𐡆𐡉𐡓 |
| Reverse description | A fierce griffin, depicted with spread wings and powerful talons, attacks a stag that has collapsed to its knees facing left, in a dynamic predator-prey composition characteristic of Achaemenid and early Hellenistic coinage. The griffin, shown in left profile, dominates the scene with its wings raised dramatically above the struggling stag, whose antlered head is thrown back. The design is rendered with bold relief and naturalistic energy consistent with the die-cutting conventions of the late fourth century BC. No legend or inscription appears on the reverse. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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