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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Damastion (Illyria) |
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| Year | 340 BC - 330 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Apollo facing left, rendered in fine Classical Greek style with idealized, youthful features and a serene expression. The hair is elaborately arranged in wavy locks bound by a laurel wreath, with loose tresses falling to the neck. The die work is of high artistic quality, exhibiting the characteristic fluency of late 4th-century BC Illyrian coinage. No legend or inscription appears in the field. |
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| Reverse description | A Delphic tripod cauldron set on a low base, rendered frontally with three leonine feet and a prominent bowl above a circular knop on the central shaft. Swastika symbols occupy the inner fields to the lower left and lower right of the tripod, serving as decorative or apotropaic devices. The ethnic legend ΔΑΜΑΣΤΙΝΩΝ (of the Damastioi) is inscribed in Greek characters, reading vertically along the left side of the field. The composition is bold and well-centered, consistent with the civic coinage tradition of the Illyrian mining center of Damastion. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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