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Stater
| Issuer | Phaistos (Crete (ancient)) |
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| Year | 330 BC - 320 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Herakles depicted in full frontal stance, nude, holding a club in one hand and a bow in the other, with a lion skin draped over his arm. A serpent coiled to the right appears in the left field, while the tree of the Hesperides occupies the right field. The composition reflects the Cretan artistic tradition of the late Classical period, rendered in bold relief characteristic of hammered coinage. |
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| Reverse description | A bull walking to the right, rendered in high relief with careful anatomical detail, enclosed within a laurel wreath border composed of leaves and berries arranged around the inner circumference. The field is plain, and the overall design is executed in the robust style typical of Cretan staters of the late Classical period, as visible on the coin image. |
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| Mint | Phaistos |
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