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Stater
| Issuer | Lindos |
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| Year | 475 BC - 460 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Facing forepart of a roaring lion rendered in high relief, turned to the right, with jaws wide open revealing the tongue and teeth, executed in the archaic style characteristic of early fifth-century BC Rhodian coinage. The mane is rendered with bold, stylized striations radiating around the powerful head. The design occupies the full flan, with the modelling displaying strong plastic relief typical of the early Classical period. The flat, irregular planchet bears the marks of hand-striking with no border ornament. |
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| Reverse description | A dolphin swimming to the right, depicted in profile within a recessed incuse square, a hallmark of early Greek coinage technique. The ethnic inscription ΛΙΝΔΙΩΝ, identifying the issuing city of Lindos, is divided across the field with ΛΙ-Ν above and ΙΟΙΔ below the dolphin, rendered in archaic Greek characters. The incuse square is deeply struck and clearly defined, with the legend distributed symmetrically around the central type. The reverse fabric reflects the characteristic shallow incuse punch technique of late archaic Rhodian silver issues. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΛΙ Ν ΙΟΙΔ |
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