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Stater
| Issuer | Melos (Cyclades) |
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| Year | 425 BC - 415 BC |
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| Reference(s) | Jameson#1287 III#1361-1363 Lockett#2613 , McClean#7264 , Kraay Melos#29 |
| Obverse description | A melon or apple rendered in high relief at center, depicted in frontal view with characteristic segmented lobes clearly articulated, the fruit shown with a short stem at top. The type constitutes a visual pun on the island's name (Melos), a numismatic conceit common in archaic Greek coinage. The design is set within a plain, slightly irregular field characteristic of hand-struck Cycladic silver coinage of the late fifth century BC. |
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| Reverse lettering | MAΛICN |
| Edge | Plain |
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