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Siglos - Aristeos Peiraeeus
| Issuer | Amisos |
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| Year | 435 BC - 370 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Hera facing left, rendered in fine archaic-to-classical Greek style. The goddess wears an elaborate stephane adorned with a row of pellets, with her hair dressed in a netted coiffure falling to the nape of the neck and gathered in a beaded pendant. A delicate pearl necklace is visible at her throat. The portraiture is executed with considerable artistic refinement, the facial features displaying a serene, idealized expression characteristic of 5th-century Pontic coinage. |
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| Reverse description | An owl, symbol of Athena, depicted standing facing with wings spread wide atop a round shield seen from above. The inscription APIΣ and TEOΣ is divided across the upper inner field to left and right respectively, identifying the magistrate Aristeos, while the ethnic ΠEIPA appears in the exergue, referencing Peiraeeus. The bold, frontal rendering of the owl with outspread wings is a distinctive and commanding design element characteristic of this Amisene series. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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