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Hemidrachm
| Issuer | Pharkadon |
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| Year | 460 BC - 440 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | The hero Thessalos strides vigorously to the right, his petasos suspended by a cord about his neck. He grasps a restraining band with both hands, looped around the head of a forepart of a bull also moving to the right, conveying the dynamic struggle between man and animal characteristic of Thessalian coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse description | Forepart of a bridled horse advancing to the right within an incuse square, the rein falling diagonally downward across the animal's torso. A trident symbol appears in the field, and the ethnic inscription ΦΑ R ΚΑ is distributed within the incuse square, identifying the issuing city of Pharkadon. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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