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Obol
| Issuer | Kleitor |
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| Year | 460 BC - 450 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Zeus Lykaios depicted seated facing, his figure rendered in archaic style, extending a scepter from which an eagle takes flight to the left. The deity's frontal seated pose is an unusual and distinctive iconographic choice reflecting the local Arkadian cult of Zeus Lykaios. The surfaces show the characteristic broad, slightly uneven flan typical of early Peloponnesian hammered silver coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Female head in right profile, identified as the nymph Kallisto, adorned with a tainia binding her hair, rendered in the severe style characteristic of the early Classical period. The portrait is set within a shallow incuse square, a hallmark of early Arkadian coinage. The features display the broad, archaic treatment typical of Peloponnesian die-cutters of the mid-fifth century BC. No legend is present, the type alone serving as civic identification. |
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| Mint | Kleitor (Arkadia) |
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