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Tetradrachm - Istiaios
| Issuer | Abdera |
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| Year | 450 BC - 425 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse description | Griffin leaping to the left in high relief, depicted with a straight, finely striated wing raised horizontally above its leonine body. The creature's eagle head is rendered with bold modeling, its forelegs extended in a springing posture with taloned feet visible above a rocky ground line in the lower field. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border, with the rocky exergual line separating the principal type from the coin's lower margin. The execution reflects the accomplished die-cutting of the Abderite school, characteristic of the mid-fifth century BC Thracian mint tradition. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Mintage | ND (450 BC - 425 BC) |
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