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Stater - Alexander
| Issuer | Pherai |
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| Year | 369 BC - 358 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of Ennodia, turned slightly to the right, her hair bound in a pearl diadem; she wears a grape-cluster earring and a pearl necklace, rendered in fine archaic-to-classical Thessalian style. A torch appears to the left of the figure in the field, serving as an attribute of the goddess in her chthonic aspect. The portrait is bold and naturalistic, with strong facial modeling characteristic of northern Greek die-cutting of the mid-fourth century BC. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Alexander of Pherai depicted as a cavalryman, galloping to the right on a spirited horse; he holds the reins in his left hand and couches a lance horizontally in his right. He is equipped in full military dress, wearing a Boeotian cavalry helmet and cuirass, with a sheathed sword suspended from a baldric across his chest. On the horse's rump, a double axe (labrys) appears as a secondary device. The legend ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΙΟΣ is distributed in the field, identifying the issuer by name in the nominative case. |
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