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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Rhegion |
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| Year | 320 BC - 300 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Facing lion's head rendered in high relief, with a powerfully modelled muzzle, deeply incised almond-shaped eyes, and a flowing mane radiating symmetrically around the face. The naturalistic treatment of the musculature and fur demonstrates the refined artistic style characteristic of late fourth-century BC Magna Graecia coinage. The head occupies nearly the entire field of the flan, with no legend or inscription present on this side. |
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| Reverse description | Laureate head of Apollo facing left, depicted in the idealised Hellenic style with finely rendered wavy hair bound by a laurel wreath and falling in long curling locks behind the neck. The execution is of high artistic quality, consistent with the best engravers working in Magna Graecia during this period. To the right in the field appears the monogram YE, serving as a magistrate's or mint official's mark. The ethnic legend ΡΗΓΙΝΩΝ is inscribed in Greek characters, identifying the issuing city of Rhegion. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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