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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Ainos |
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| Year | 382 BC - 379 BC |
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| Reference(s) | May Ainos#381-383 II#342 Greek#17 |
| Obverse description | Facing head of Hermes rendered in fine high relief, depicted frontally with a slight three-quarter turn to the left. The god wears a broad-brimmed petasos adorned along its rim with a beaded border, framing his youthful, idealised visage. Wavy locks of hair fall loosely to either side of the face, framing finely modelled facial features including large almond-shaped eyes, a straight nose, and slightly parted lips. The portrait exhibits the accomplished Greek artistic style characteristic of early fourth-century BC Thracian coinage, with a naturalistic rendering of facial anatomy and soft, rounded forms. |
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| Reverse description | A goat stands in profile to the right within a shallow incuse square, rendered with careful attention to anatomical detail including musculature and beard. The ethnic legend AINION appears in Greek characters above the animal, identifying the issuing city of Ainos in Thrace. A trophy—composed of a helmet and armour mounted on a stake—is positioned to the right of the goat in the field, serving as a civic symbol of military victory. The incuse square border provides a characteristic framing device typical of early Greek Thracian coinage of this period. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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