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Stater - Alexander Tarentum
| Issuer | Kings of Epeiros |
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| Year | 334 BC - 332 BC |
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| Weight | 10.51 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of Zeus Dodonaios facing right, laureate with an oak wreath, rendered in high relief with finely detailed flowing locks and a full beard cascading in wavy strands across the neck. The portraiture is executed in the vigorous Hellenistic style characteristic of Epeirote coinage of the mid-fourth century BC, with strong facial modeling and deeply incised features. The field is plain, with no legend or additional devices. The flan is broad and slightly irregular, typical of hand-struck issues of this period. |
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| Reverse description | A winged thunderbolt depicted vertically at center, rendered in fine detail with volute-tipped wings spread laterally and tapering pointed ends above and below, the central shaft clearly articulated. To the right of the thunderbolt, the head of an eagle faces left. The Greek legend ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ / ΤΟΥ ΝΕΟΠΤΟΛΕΜΟΥ is distributed in two lines to the left and right of the central device, identifying the issuing king Alexander I of Epeiros, son of Neoptolemos. The composition is spare and heraldic, consistent with the official royal coinage struck at Taras during Alexander's Italian campaign. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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