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Stater
| Issuer | Abydos |
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| Year | 390 BC - 380 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | A draped female figure, identified as Europa, is depicted seated side-saddle upon a walking bull advancing to the left, rendered in high relief with bold, confident engraving characteristic of early fourth-century BC Asiatic Greek die-cutting. The figure turns slightly toward the viewer, her drapery falling in naturalistic folds across her lower body, while her upper body is partially bare. The composition fills the flan dynamically, with no inscription or legend present in the field. |
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| Reverse description | An eagle stands in profile to the right, depicted with finely rendered feathering across its folded wings and body, conveying the powerful, static dignity associated with Abydene coinage of this period. The bird's head is turned back to the left, with a hooked beak and alert eye rendered with precision. To the lower right of the field, a bunch of grapes hanging from a curved vine tendril serves as a secondary device, likely a civic or magistrate's symbol. The field is otherwise plain, with no legend or exergual inscription, consistent with the aniconic convention of this mint's gold issues. |
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| Mint | Abydos |
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