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Stater
| Issuer | Lyttos (Crete (ancient)) |
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| Year | 320 BC - 270 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Eagle displayed in flight to left, with wings outstretched and prominently rendered feathering across the body and wing surfaces. The bird's head is turned to face right, with a sharply hooked beak and finely detailed facial features. The powerful talons are visible beneath the body. The design is rendered in high relief with strong artistic modelling characteristic of Cretan coinage of the early Hellenistic period. The field is plain, with no legend or border. |
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| Reverse description | Head of a boar to left, rendered in fine relief with detailed bristled mane along the dorsal ridge and a realistically modelled snout with open mouth. The boar's eye is incised and its ear is clearly delineated. The design is enclosed within a dotted border forming a square, which is itself set within a recessed incuse square. The ethnic inscription ΛYTTION appears in Greek characters above the boar's head within the dotted border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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