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Tetradrachm - Polykrateos
| Issuer | Abdera |
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| Year | 386 BC - 375 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Griffin seated right in profile, with raised forepaw and furled wings displayed, rendered in fine archaic style. The creature's leonine haunches and eagle head are depicted with careful detail, the beak open. The legend ΑΒΔΗΡ appears in the upper field above the griffin. The overall composition is set within a shallow incuse square with plain borders. |
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| Reverse description | Standing male figure, identified as Apollo, facing left and holding a laurel branch in his extended right hand, with a small deer or fawn standing before him at left. The figure is rendered in a fine Classical style with drapery visible. The magistrate inscription ΕΠΙ ΠΟΛΥΚΡΑΤΕΟΣ is distributed in the field around the central design, referencing the eponymous magistrate Polykrateos responsible for the issue. The scene is set within a shallow incuse square. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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