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Obol
| Issuer | Stymphalos |
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| Year | 350 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Head of Herakles facing right, wearing the Nemean lionskin headdress with the scalp pulled over the crown and the mane rendered in fine incised detail. The facial features are boldly modelled in the archaic-classical tradition, with a pronounced brow, almond-shaped eye, and strong jaw. The lionskin's open jaws rest atop the hero's head, a hallmark device of Heraklean coinage throughout the Greek world. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Stymphalos, an Arcadian city best known from myth as the site of Heracles' sixth labor, struck its own coinage only briefly in the fourth century BC before being absorbed into the Achaean League's monetary system. The city's independent issues are rare across all denominations, and the obol — the smallest unit struck — survives in genuinely limited numbers. SNG Copenhagen 286 represents one of the better-documented specimens of this type.