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Hemidrachm Kleitor
| Issuer | Arcadian League |
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| Year | 480 BC - 470 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Zeus Lykaios enthroned facing, head turned to left, holding a long scepter in his left hand; an eagle displayed extends from his raised right hand. The figure is rendered in the severe Archaic style characteristic of early Arcadian coinage, with bold, schematic modeling of the drapery and throne. |
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| Reverse description | Female head in left profile, identified as the nymph Kallisto, set within a recessed incuse square. The hair is rendered in closely packed parallel ridges drawn back from the face and bound with a tainia (fillet); a necklace is visible at the base of the neck. The treatment is characteristic of the severe style, with a strong, archaizing quality typical of early fifth-century Peloponnesian silver coinage. The ethnic abbreviation ΑΡ appears in the field, referencing the city of Kleitor within the Arcadian confederation. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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