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Stater
| Issuer | Phaistos (Crete (ancient)) |
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| Year | 330 BC - 320 BC |
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| Currency | Aeginetic drachm |
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| Obverse description | Herakles depicted in full frontal stance, his body turned slightly, raising a knotted club overhead in preparation to strike a serpent coiled to the right of the field; a bow is held in his other hand. The heroic figure is rendered in the bold, archaic-transitional style characteristic of Cretan mint work of the late Classical period. The ethnic inscription appears in the field in retrograde Greek letters. |
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| Obverse script | Greek (retrograde) |
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| Reverse description | A bull advancing to the left, rendered in vigorous high relief with muscular anatomical detail, its head lowered and tail raised. The animal is enclosed within a circular wreath of olive leaves, the individual ovate leaves and stems clearly articulated around the entire perimeter of the die. The composition reflects the prominence of the bull as a civic symbol of Phaistos, evoking the Cretan mythological tradition. |
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