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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Akanthos |
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| Year | 424 BC - 380 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse description | Lion attacking a bull, depicted in dynamic high relief. The lion, shown with a detailed mane, lunges upon the back of the collapsing bull from the right, its jaws biting into the bull's hindquarters. The bull kneels in submission, its head turned downward. The entire group is enclosed within a dotted border, with a ground line beneath the figures. The composition is rendered in the vigorous, naturalistic style characteristic of northern Greek coinage of the late fifth to early fourth century BC. |
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| Reverse description | Shallow incuse square divided into four quadrants by a raised cross, each quadrant filled with a granular or stippled pattern. The ethnic legend AKANTHION is distributed around the exterior of the square, with letters placed at each corner: K and A at the upper left and right, Z at the left and right of the middle registers, and O at the lower left and right, reading AKANΘION. The incuse technique and quadripartite design are characteristic of early Macedonian and Thracian silver coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | AKA NΘ ΙΟ Ν (Translation: Akanthos) |
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