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| Issuer | Orchomenos of Boeotia |
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| Year | 385 BC - 375 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Facing the viewer, the obverse presents the iconic Boeotian shield in high relief, rendered with bold convexity and rendered within a raised circular border. The shield's characteristic cutouts appear at left and right, faithfully reproducing the distinctive lateral notches of this regional emblem. A fern or olive spray motif is incised across the upper surface of the boss, a decorative detail characteristic of the Orchomenos mint series. The entire design fills the flan with commanding presence, the plasticity of the die-work lending the shield a sculptural, three-dimensional quality typical of early fourth-century Boeotian coinage. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a large, finely rendered kantharos (wine vessel) displayed in full frontal view at the center of a plain, slightly concave field. The vessel exhibits a broad body tapering to a stepped foot, with two prominent scroll handles rising above the rim. Above the kantharos, flanking the handles, the Greek letters EY are inscribed, while EP appears to the lower left and XO to the lower right of the vessel, together forming the ethnic EYEPXO, an abbreviation referencing the magistrate or civic authority of Orchomenos. The composition is well-centered and demonstrates accomplished die engraving in the manner of the early fourth-century Boeotian federation coinage. |
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| Mintage | ND (385 BC - 375 BC) |
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