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| Issuer | Uncertain Carian city |
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| Year | 500 BC - 450 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Facing forepart of a lion's head rendered in archaic style, turned to the left, with prominent open jaws, deeply modeled mane, and boldly protruding features filling the flan. The relief is high and vigorous, characteristic of early fifth-century BC Carian coinage, with the design struck on an irregular, slightly buckled flan typical of the hammered technique of the period. No legend or inscription is present in the field. |
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| Reverse description | Plain incuse square of irregular form, divided diagonally by a single raised ridge running from one corner to the opposite corner, creating two triangular sunken compartments of unequal depth. The surface within each compartment is rough and granular, consistent with early archaic punch technique. No legend, symbol, or secondary device appears within the incuse. The overall design is characteristic of the primitive reverse types employed by uncertain Carian mints in the early fifth century BC. |
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| Mintage | ND (500 BC - 450 BC) |
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