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Tetartemorion
| Issuer | Thasos |
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| Year | 500 BC - 480 BC |
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| Weight | 0.25 g |
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| Obverse description | Two dolphins depicted in profile, swimming to the left, one above the other, rendered in archaic relief with characteristic pellet eyes. Two small pellets appear in the lower field beneath the dolphins, likely serving as design fillers. The composition fills the compact flan in a bold, stylized manner typical of early Thasian fractional coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Quadripartite incuse square dominating the entire reverse field, divided into four recessed triangular sections by raised diagonal ribs meeting at the center, a hallmark technique of early Greek hammered coinage. The incuse is deeply impressed and irregular, consistent with the primitive punch-die method employed at Thasos during the late Archaic period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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