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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Samos |
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| Year | 449 BC - 448 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Facing lion's scalp rendered in fine archaic style, occupying the full field. The leonine mask is depicted with deeply modelled brow, sunken eyes, and prominent flaring mane rendered with precise parallel striations radiating to either side. The muzzle is boldly projecting with wrinkled folds beneath the snout, conveying a powerful, frontally confrontational aspect characteristic of late archaic Samian coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Within an incuse square with dotted border, the forepart of a recumbent ox is shown facing right, its head turned back toward the viewer with prominent horns. To the left stands an upright olive branch with berries. The ethnic abbreviation ΣΑ appears in the upper field and the letter Ε is placed below the ox, likely serving as a magistrate's initial or control mark. The design is rendered with confident, compact modeling typical of mid-fifth century Samian silver coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΣΑ Ε |
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