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Drachm - Herodoros, son of Dionysios
| Issuer | Erythrai (Ionia) |
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| Year | 310 BC - 305 BC |
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| Currency | Attic drachm |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of Herakles in right profile, clad in the scalp of the Nemean lion, the jaws surmounting the hero's crown and the pelt's forelegs knotted at the throat. The effigy is rendered in the bold, high-relief style characteristic of late Classical Ionian coinage, with finely articulated musculature at the neck and a resolute facial expression. The field is plain and unlettered, with no exergue line. |
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| Reverse description | Within a circular wreath of vine leaves and bunches of grapes, the Heraklean attributes of a knotted club set vertically to the left and a strung bow in its case to the right are displayed side by side. The magistrate's name ΗΡΟΔΩΡΟΣ and his patronymic ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΥ are inscribed in two vertical columns flanking the club, while the civic ethnic EPY appears to the left. The entire composition is enclosed within the vine wreath border, referencing the Dionysiac cult connections of the city of Erythrai. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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