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Tetradrachm - Phanias
| Issuer | Knidos |
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| Year | 395 BC - 390 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse description | Facing left, the head of Aphrodite Euploia rendered in fine archaic-transitional style, with hair gathered and tied at the nape; a ship's prow appears in the field behind the neck. The civic ethnic abbreviation Κ and ΝΙ is disposed on either side of the neck, identifying the issuing city of Knidos. The portrait carries a serene, idealized quality consistent with late fifth-century Aegean coin engraving. |
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| Reverse description | The forepart of a roaring lion advancing to the left occupies the upper portion of a recessed incuse square, the animal's musculature rendered with vigorous detail. Beneath the lion's forequarters, the magistrate's name ΦΑΝΙΑΣ is inscribed in Greek letters, identifying this issue within the Knidian magistrate series. The entire design is contained within a deeply cut incuse square, a hallmark of the Chian-Rhodian weight standard coinage of the eastern Aegean. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΦΑΝΙΑΣ |
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