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Hemidrachm
| Issuer | Pheneos |
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| Year | 360 BC - 350 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Youthful female head facing left, identified as the nymph Deo (or a local divinity), rendered in fine Arcadian style with elaborately wavy hair pulled back and secured with a wreath of leaves. The face displays delicate, idealized features typical of early Classical Greek portraiture. A pendant earring, visible at the ear, adds a naturalistic detail to the composition. The flan is slightly irregular, as is characteristic of hand-struck coinage of this period and region. |
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| Reverse description | A bull standing to the right, rendered in naturalistic three-quarter perspective with the head turned to face the viewer, conveying a sense of power and solidity. The animal is depicted with careful attention to musculature and proportion, characteristic of Arcadian coinage of the mid-fourth century BC. The ethnic legend ΦΕΝΕΩΝ arcs above the bull in archaic Greek lettering, identifying the issuing city of Pheneos. The field is plain and unadorned, allowing the principal device to dominate the composition. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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