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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Eretria |
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| Year | 500 BC - 465 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse description | A cow stands in right profile, its head turned to face left as it grazes upon a small plant in the lower field. A swallow is depicted standing in right profile upon the cow's back, rendered in fine archaic style. The composition is naturalistically conceived and fills the flan with confident, bold relief typical of early Euboean coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Within a recessed incuse square, an octopus is depicted frontally with its eight tentacles symmetrically arranged and rendered in bold relief, the body prominently centered. The Greek letter Epsilon (E), serving as the initial of Eretria, appears in the lower portion of the incuse field below the octopus. The incuse technique is characteristic of early archaic Greek coinage of the late sixth and early fifth centuries BC. |
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| Reverse lettering | Ε |
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