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Stater
| Issuer | Uncertain Greek city |
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| Year | 480 BC |
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| Value | 1 Stater = 3 Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Chimaera depicted in profile, walking to the right, rendered in low relief on the broad, irregularly shaped flan. The creature is shown with characteristic leonine body, the design executed in the archaic Greek artistic style typical of the late Archaic period. The figure occupies the central field, with the surface showing the characteristic rough texture of a hand-struck hammered coin. No legend or inscription is present. |
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| Reverse description | Plain, deeply recessed square incuse punch dominating the entire reverse field, a hallmark of early archaic Greek coinage production technique. The incuse square is divided into irregular compartments, likely the result of a divided punch or multiple punch impressions, with no figurative design or inscriptions present. The surface within the incuse retains a granular, crystalline silver texture. The broad flan edges are irregular and unworked, consistent with hand-hammered archaic coinage of circa 480 BC. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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