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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Rhegion |
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| Year | 425 BC - 420 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | A male figure, identified in scholarly literature as either Iokastos, son of Aiolos and legendary king of Calabria, or alternatively as Aristaios, seated to the left upon a throne or rock. He holds a sceptre in his extended right hand, while his left hand rests behind him upon drapery knotted at the waist. A serpent is depicted beneath the seat, alluding to the tradition recorded by Heraclides Ponticus that Iokastos met his death by snakebite. The entire composition is enclosed within a wreath of laurel, a framing device typical of Rhegine coinage of this period. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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