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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Athens |
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| Year | 485 BC - 480 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted head of Athena facing right, rendered in the archaic style with a large almond-shaped eye shown frontally. The goddess wears an Attic helmet adorned with a tall crested ridge and decorative scroll motifs at the bowl, with hair rendered as a series of fine parallel curls escaping below the helmet rim. The cheek guard is raised, and the ear is visible. The flan is irregularly shaped and slightly rough, characteristic of early Athenian coinage of this transitional period. |
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| Reverse description | A large owl stands upright facing right with head turned to face the viewer, rendered in confident archaic style with prominent feather detailing across the body depicted as stippled relief. To the upper left, an olive sprig with berries is visible, and to the right the abbreviated ethnic inscription ΑΘΕ appears in archaic Greek characters within the recessed incuse square. A crescent moon symbol is present in the upper right field. The overall design is contained within a roughly incuse square punch typical of hammered coinage of this era. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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