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Obol
| Issuer | Tegea |
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| Year | 423 BC - 400 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered, Incuse |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Athena Alea facing left, rendered in archaic-to-early classical style. The goddess wears a wreath of laurel, with hair locks falling neatly behind the neck. The facial features are finely modeled, with a strong profile characteristic of Peloponnesian die-cutting of the late 5th century BC. The flan is irregular, as typical of hammered coinage of this period, with the design occupying the majority of the coin's surface. |
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| Reverse description | A large Greek letter tau (T), the initial of Tegea, boldly rendered in raised relief at center, set within a shallow incuse circle. The tau is well-centered and occupies most of the incuse field, serving as the civic badge of the Arkadian city of Tegea. The incuse technique is characteristic of early Peloponnesian fractional silver coinage, and the flan edges are irregular. No additional legend or subsidiary device is present. |
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| Reverse lettering | T |
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