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Tetradrachm - Poseo[...]
| Issuer | Abdera |
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| Year | 450 BC - 425 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Griffin springing to the left in high relief, depicted in the archaic style with prominent folded wings rendered with fine incised feather detail, leonine hindquarters, and forepaws extended in a leaping posture. The creature's beaked head is turned slightly upward, conveying a sense of dynamic motion. An anchor device appears in the lower field beneath the griffin, serving as a secondary symbol. The flan is broad and slightly irregular, characteristic of fifth-century Thracian mint practice. |
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| Reverse description | A cockle shell (pecten) rendered in careful detail occupies the center of the design field, enclosed within a linear square border. The magistrate's name, reading EΠI ΠOΣEΩ (meaning 'under [the magistrate] Poseo'), is inscribed in Greek letters around the central motif. The entire composition is set within a shallow incuse square, a hallmark of early Classical coinage from Abdera and characteristic of the city's distinctive reverse type throughout this period. |
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| Reverse lettering | EΠI ΠOΣEΩ |
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