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Tessera
| Issuer | Pherai |
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| Year | 360 BC - 340 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Facing head of a bearded Satyr depicted full face, rendered in archaic Greek style with pronounced grotesque features including a broad, flattened nose, deeply set eyes, and a thick, striated beard. The figure displays prominent animal ears characteristic of Dionysiac iconography, and the hair is rendered in schematic waves framing the face. The bold, high-relief modelling fills the flan entirely, leaving no visible field or legend. |
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| Reverse description | Forepart of a bull standing to right, rendered with musculature indicated in bold relief, the head lowered as if in motion. To the left of the bull's forepart, a double-headed axe (labrys) is depicted in the field, serving as a civic or religious symbol. Below and to the right, the Greek inscription ΦΕ appears as the abbreviated ethnic for Pherai. The design is set within a plain, irregular round flan typical of hammered lead tesserae of Thessalian civic issues. |
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| Mintage | ND (360 BC - 340 BC) |
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