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Obol
| Issuer | Samos |
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| Year | 499 BC - 495 BC |
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| Value | Obol (⅙) |
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| Obverse description | Facing lion's scalp rendered in archaic style, with large forward-staring eyes, a broad flat muzzle, and stylized mane indicated by incised lines radiating around the face. The design fills the entire flan, with the powerful frontal mask characteristic of early Samian coinage of the late sixth and early fifth century BC. |
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| Reverse description | Head of a bull turned to the left, depicted within a shallow incuse square, rendered in the archaic Greek manner with a dotted border visible along the upper edge of the incuse. The bovine head is shown in profile with characteristic features including a prominent eye, curving horn, and textured muzzle, consistent with the coinage of Samos during this early classical transitional period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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