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Stater
| Issuer | Uncertain Lesbos city |
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| Year | 525 BC - 475 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Facing gorgoneion (Gorgon mask) depicted full face, rendered in the Archaic style characteristic of late 6th- to early 5th-century BCE coinage of the Lesbian cities. The grotesque visage features bulging round eyes, a broad flat nose, and a wide open mouth with protruding tongue, flanked by serpentine coils curling outward at either side of the head. The brow is surmounted by a diadem-like band adorned with scrolling volutes and spiral ornaments rendered in low relief. The design fills the irregularly rounded flan, with no legend or inscription present in the field. |
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| Reverse description | Incuse square punch of quadripartite design, divided by a raised cross into four recessed compartments, each of roughly equal size, characteristic of the mill-sail or windmill incuse type commonly employed on early Archaic Greek coinage. The central raised intersection of the cross forms a small boss. The square incuse is set within a broad, slightly convex, and granular field typical of hammered billon fabric of this period. No legend or additional device is present. |
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| Mintage | ND (525 BC - 475 BC) |
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