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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Caria, Achaemenid Satrapy of |
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| Year | 350 BC - 334 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Obverse depicts the Great King of Persia in the iconic archer type, shown in kneeling-running stance to the right, wearing the kidaris (royal Persian crown) and the kandys (sleeved royal robe). The king draws a strung bow with both hands, with a quiver of arrows visible over his right shoulder. The figure is rendered in a dynamic, archaic Greek artistic style adapted for Achaemenid imperial iconography. The field is plain, with no legend or exergual inscription. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse presents a mounted warrior advancing to the right, wearing the distinctive kyrbasia (pointed Persian cap), in an active combat posture with a long spear raised aloft in the right hand as if to thrust. To the left of the horse, a bird's head facing right appears in the field, serving as a secondary symbol or possible mint mark. The composition is rendered in a vigorous, slightly archaic style consistent with Carian satrapal coinage of the mid-fourth century BC. No legend is present. |
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| Mintage | ND (350 BC - 334 BC) |
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