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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Amphipolis, City of |
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| Year | 369 BC - 368 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Facing head of the laureate Apollo, rendered in the fine three-quarter style with a slight leftward turn, the youthful effigy displaying idealized Classical features with full lips, heavy-lidded eyes, and a broad forehead. The deity's hair is bound with a laurel wreath, the leaves rendered in high relief, with long curling locks falling to either side and cascading in sinuous waves into the field. The modeling is of exceptional artistry, characteristic of the celebrated Amphipolitan die-cutters of the early fourth century BC, displaying deep relief and accomplished three-dimensional plasticity. |
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| Reverse description | A race torch with upward-flaming head depicted in high relief at center, the flames billowing to the right, set within a raised linear square border. The entire design is contained within a very shallow incuse square, a hallmark of early fourth-century Macedonian coinage. The ethnic legend of the issuing city is distributed in four segments around the torch in the angles of the raised square frame, reading AMΦ – IΠO – ΛIT – EΩN. |
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| Reverse lettering | AMΦ – IΠO – ΛIT – EΩN (Translation: Amphipolis) |
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