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Obol
| Issuer | Psophis |
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| Year | 490 BC - 460 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered, Incuse |
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| Obverse description | Forepart of a boar advancing to the right, rendered in archaic style with bold, deeply struck relief characteristic of early Arcadian coinage. The animal's bristled back and muscular form are summarily but vigorously depicted. The flan is irregular, as typical of hand-struck coins of this period. The field is plain and unlettered. |
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| Reverse description | A boar standing to the right in incuse relief, the figure recessed into the flan in the early Greek incuse technique. The inscription ΨO appears in the field, serving as the ethnic abbreviation for Psophis. The design is contained within an irregular incuse square, and the overall execution reflects the archaic coinmaking tradition of the Arcadian region. |
| Reverse script | Ancient Greek |
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