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Stater
| Issuer | Phaistos |
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| Year | 330 BC - 320 BC |
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| Value | Silver Stater (3) |
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| Obverse description | Standing nude male figure, identified as Velchanos (the Cretan Zeus), depicted in full frontal stance with head turned to the left. The figure holds a cock in his right hand and rests his left arm against the trunk of a plane tree, rendered in high relief to the right. To the left of the figure, a large serpent coils upward in a spiral, a symbol of chthonic divine power. The composition reflects the archaic Cretan artistic tradition, with bold, well-modelled forms typical of late Classical Cretan coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Ancient Greek |
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| Reverse script | Ancient Greek |
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