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Stater
| Issuer | Ambracia (Epeiros) |
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| Year | 426 BC - 404 BC |
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| Weight | 8.49 g |
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| Obverse description | Pegasos in full flight to right, rendered in fine archaic style with outstretched, elaborately feathered wings and forelegs raised; the mythical winged horse is depicted with considerable anatomical detail, its tail curling beneath the body. The letter A (alpha), the civic initial of Ambracia, appears in the lower field beneath the creature, serving as the city's identifying mint mark. |
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| Reverse description | Helmeted head of Athena facing right, wearing a Corinthian helmet pushed back on the head to reveal finely rendered facial features including a prominent nose and lips, with curling locks of hair visible at the nape and brow. To the left of the goddess, in the field behind her head, stands a small owl facing forward with spread wings, a secondary symbol associated with Athena and characteristic of the Ambracian coinage series. The composition is contained within a shallow incuse square, typical of early Greek silver stater coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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