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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Uncertain Bactrian city (Baktria) |
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| Year | 261 BC - 238 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted head of Athena in right profile, rendered in the classical Greek style. The goddess wears an elaborate crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves above the visor and a spiral palmette decorating the bowl, along with an earring and necklace visible at the neck. A monogram appears in the left field behind the head. The portrait displays the refined engraving characteristic of Hellenistic coinage produced in Bactria during the mid-third century BC. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Owl standing to right with head facing forward in the traditional Athenian type, rendered with careful detail to the feathering. An olive sprig and crescent symbol appear behind the owl, while a bunch of grapes is depicted over the tail. The ethnic inscription AΘE (abbreviation for Athenion or of Athenian association) is placed in the left field before the owl. The overall design closely follows the canonical Athenian 'New Style' or related coinage tradition, adapted in a Bactrian regional context. |
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