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Tetradrachm - Epiteles
| Issuer | Eretria |
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| Year | 180 BC - 160 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of a female deity, likely Artemis or a nymph, facing right, her hair elaborately styled in flowing waves and bound with a stephane adorned with a floral ornament at the crown. She wears a pendant earring and a necklace, with a quiver visible over her left shoulder, suggesting identification with Artemis. The portrait is rendered in fine Hellenistic style with soft modelling of facial features. The field is surrounded by a broad dotted border. |
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| Reverse description | A bull standing to the right, its head turned frontally to face the viewer, within a wreath of olive branches bearing berries. Above the bull in the upper field, the ethnic legend ΕΡΕΤΡΙΕΩΝ is inscribed, while the magistrate's name ΕΠΙΤΕΛΗΣ appears in the lower field below a ground line. The composition is typical of Euboean Hellenistic coinage, with the bull serving as the civic emblem of Eretria. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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