Catalog
Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Gortyna |
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| Year | 85 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted head of Athena Parthenos facing right, wearing an elaborate triple-crested Attic helmet adorned with four foreparts of horses and a Pegasus on the bowl. The portrait is rendered in the refined Hellenistic style derived from the coinage of Athens. The letter B appears below the neck truncation, serving as a magistrate or control mark. The overall treatment closely follows the late Athenian new-style tetradrachm typology. |
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| Obverse lettering | B |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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