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Stater
| Issuer | Ambrakia |
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| Year | 360 BC - 338 BC |
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| Weight | 8.11 g |
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| Obverse description | Pegasos in full flight to the right, rendered with characteristic vigor; the winged horse is depicted with outstretched wings finely striated to convey feather detail, forelimbs extended and hind legs trailing. The musculature of the body is modeled in high relief, consistent with the accomplished die-cutting tradition of Epirote coinage of the mid-fourth century BC. The field below is plain, with no legend or additional devices. The flan is irregular in outline, as typical of hand-struck Greek silver coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse description | Helmeted head of Athena facing right, wearing a Corinthian helmet pushed back on the head, the face rendered with fine detail characteristic of fourth-century BC Greek die engraving. To the left of the goddess's head appears a winged male figure — identified as Taras or an Eros-like deity — crouching with one knee raised, riding a dolphin that swims to the right. This distinctive reverse type serves as the civic emblem of Ambrakia and distinguishes its coinage within the broader series of Pegasos-type staters struck by Corinthian colonies. No legend is present in the field. |
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| Mintage | ND (360 BC - 338 BC) |
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