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Drachm Ionian or Lycian mint
| Issuer | Uncertain Greek city |
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| Year | 500 BC - 475 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered, Incuse |
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| Obverse description | A wolf standing to left, depicted in the archaic Greek style, with its right forepaw resting upon a bunch of grapes. The animal is shown upon a base formed by a horizontal row of pellets (pearls) flanked above and below by linear borders. The composition is rendered in bold relief characteristic of early Ionian coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Quadripartite incuse square of mill-sail type, divided into four triangular compartments by two diagonal raised bars meeting at a central point, creating alternating raised and sunken sections. The incuse is deeply struck and roughly square in outline, typical of early archaic Greek hammered coinage of the late sixth to early fifth century BC. |
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| Mintage | ND (500 BC - 475 BC) |
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