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Tetartemorion
| Issuer | Abydos (Troad) |
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| Year | 500 BC - 400 BC |
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| Weight | 0.32 g |
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| Obverse description | Eagle standing to left with wings closed, rendered in relief in a compact, archaic style characteristic of early fifth-century BC Troadic coinage. The bird's body is depicted in profile, with the head turned slightly downward, and the folded wing feathers indicated by incised striations. The figure occupies the majority of the small flan, with no legend or inscription present in the field. |
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| Reverse description | Quadripartite incuse square divided by a raised cruciform ridge into four recessed compartments of roughly equal size, a hallmark of archaic Greek hammered coinage. The incuse is deeply struck and slightly irregular due to the hand-hammered technique, with the compartments displaying varying surface textures. No inscription or subsidiary device is present. This type of reverse is typical of small fractional silver issues from the Troad region during the late Archaic and early Classical periods. |
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| Mintage | ND (500 BC - 400 BC) |
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