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Stater
| Issuer | Lyttos |
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| Year | 320 BC - 270 BC |
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| Weight | 11.47 g |
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| Obverse description | Eagle displayed in three-quarter view, wings fully spread and raised, depicted in the act of taking flight to the right. The bird is rendered with bold, deeply struck relief, with feather detail visible on the breast and wing surfaces. The powerful talons are shown gripping downward as the eagle launches itself upward from an implied perch. The composition fills the flan dynamically, with no legend or border, the plain field framing the vigorous naturalistic rendering characteristic of early Cretan coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Boar's head facing right in high relief, with bristled mane rendered by fine incised lines along the neck and snout, the eye prominently shown. The type is set within a deep, somewhat irregular incuse square, a hallmark of early Greek hammered coinage technique. The abbreviated ethnic legend ΛΥΚ ΤΙΟΝ appears in the upper field within the incuse square, identifying the issuing polis of Lyttos (Crete). The boldly modelled head conveys fierce naturalistic energy consistent with the artistic traditions of late Classical Cretan minting. |
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| Mintage | ND (320 BC - 270 BC) |
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