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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Ainos |
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| Year | 405 BC - 399 BC |
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| Reference(s) | SNG Copenhagen 395-400; May, Ainos, Type VII |
| Obverse description | Bare head of Hermes facing right, rendered in fine archaic-transitional style with delicately modeled facial features and softly curling hair falling beneath the brim of a petasos adorned with a prominent beaded band. The youthful, idealised effigy displays a gently aquiline profile with a well-defined eye, fleshy lips, and a rounded chin. The petasos brim is visible above the forehead, its rolled edge decorated with a distinctive row of pellets rendered in high relief. Curling locks emerge from beneath the hat and frame the face and nape, reflecting the accomplished die-engraving tradition of the Thracian mint. |
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| Reverse description | A goat stands to the right in a naturalistic pose within a shallow incuse square, its body rendered with careful attention to musculature and surface texture. The ethnic inscription ΑΙΝΙΟΝ arcs above the animal in Greek characters, identifying the issuing city of Ainos in Thrace. In the right field, a single ear of barley with a long, sweeping stem serves as a secondary symbol or mint mark. The entire composition is contained within the characteristic incuse square typical of early Thraco-Macedonian coinage, framing the design elements with a crisp, recessed border. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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