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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Ainos |
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| Year | 469 BC - 466 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse description | Youthful head of Hermes facing right, rendered in fine early Classical style with naturalistic modeling of facial features. The god wears a causia — the characteristic flat-brimmed Macedonian hat — adorned with a pelleted rim executed as a row of raised pellets along its brim. Short, neatly incised locks of hair emerge beneath the hat above the ear and along the neckline. The portrait fills the flan with confident, high-relief engraving typical of the Ainean series, with no inscription on the obverse. |
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| Reverse description | A goat stands in profile to the right, rendered with careful attention to anatomical detail including horn, beard, and muscular body typical of early Classical Greek die-cutting. In the lower right field, a small bee faces right, serving as a secondary symbol or control mark. The entire composition is contained within a recessed incuse square with slightly concave sides, a hallmark of early Greek coinage technique. The ethnic legend ΑΙΝΙ is disposed within the incuse square, identifying the issuing city of Ainos in Thrace. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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