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Drachm - Pytho[...]
| Issuer | Abdera |
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| Year | 336 BC - 311 BC |
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| Value | Drachm (1) |
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| Obverse description | Griffin springing to the left in dynamic pose, with outstretched wings and forelegs raised, rendered in relief typical of late Classical Thracian coinage. The creature's musculature and feathered wings are rendered with characteristic Abderite artistic detail. A partial Greek legend surrounds the type in the field. |
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| Reverse description | Laureate head of Apollo facing right, set within a linear square (incuse square), executed in the standard late Classical style of Abderite silver coinage. The surrounding legend names the issuing magistrate, a convention characteristic of the autonomous coinage of Abdera during this period. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΕΠΙ ΠΥΘ Ω |
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