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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Halikarnassos |
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| Year | 400 BC - 387 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Facing head of Apollo, laureate, rendered in high relief with remarkable three-quarter frontality; the god's youthful visage is framed by thick, flowing locks of hair radiating outward from the crown, with individual strands modelled in fine detail. The broad, idealised face displays large almond-shaped eyes, a straight nose, and slightly parted lips, reflecting the accomplished die-cutting characteristic of late fifth- to early fourth-century Karian coinage. The laurel wreath crowning the head is naturalistically rendered, its leaves clearly articulated against the flowing hair. No legend appears on the obverse; the flan is irregular and slightly oval in form. |
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| Reverse description | Eagle standing half-right with wings spread and elevated, depicted in a bold, heraldic posture within a recessed incuse square that frames the entire reverse design. The bird's feathers are carefully rendered, with primary flight feathers clearly delineated on the spread wings. The ethnic legend AΛIKAPNAΣΣEΩN is inscribed around the design within the incuse square, identifying the issuing city of Halikarnassos. A six-pointed star appears to the right of the eagle in the field. The incuse square border is deeply cut, a technique characteristic of early classical Karian civic coinage. |
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| Mintage | ND (400 BC - 387 BC) |
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