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Hemidrachm Mantineia
| Issuer | Arcadian League |
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| Year | 450 BC - 430 BC |
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| Reference(s) | Williams,Confederate#243, BCD Peloponnesos#1459, SNG Copenhagen#170 |
| Obverse description | Zeus Lykaios enthroned left, his draped figure holding a long scepter in his right hand and a thunderbolt in his left. An eagle, wings spread, flies to the right in the upper left field, serving as an attribute of the deity. The composition is rendered in the severe archaic-to-early classical style typical of Arcadian federal coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Facing right bust of the nymph Kallisto, depicted in three-quarter profile, adorned with an earring and a necklace with a pendant, rendered in fine early classical style. The portrait is set within a shallow incuse square, a hallmark of early Peloponnesian struck coinage. The ethnic legend A-R-K-A is disposed around the field, referencing the Arcadian federal authority. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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