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Hemihekte
| Issuer | Uncertain Ionian city |
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| Year | 600 BC - 550 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Facing right, the forepart of a bull's head rendered in bold relief, the muzzle slightly downturned and the eye indicated by a raised pellet. The animal wears a beaded or jeweled collar about the neck, depicted as a vertical string of pellets arranged in a diagonal row to the left of the head. The design is executed in the archaic Ionian style characteristic of early electrum coinage, with summary but vigorous modeling of the facial features and horns. No legend or inscription is present in the plain field. |
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| Reverse description | A single deep incuse square punch dominates the reverse, struck into the flan by a quadrate punch and occupying most of the usable surface. The interior of the incuse is subdivided into irregular striated and faceted geometric sections, produced by the texture of the punch face, creating a roughly symmetrical pattern of raised ridges and recessed planes within the depression. A raised border ring surrounds the incuse square. No legend, symbol, or secondary device is present. This reverse type is wholly consistent with archaic Ionian electrum coinage of the early sixth century BC. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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