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Tetradrachm - Pythes
| Issuer | Samos |
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| Year | 408 BC - 366 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Facing lion scalp rendered in high relief, depicted frontally with finely engraved mane radiating symmetrically around the face, large expressive eyes, and a broad feline muzzle. The bold, naturalistic style is characteristic of late 5th to early 4th century BC Samian coinage. No inscription appears on the obverse. The design fills the flan with commanding presence, consistent with the established Samian lion-scalp type used across the civic coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse description | Forepart of a bull advancing to the right, rendered with musculature and energy typical of Classical Greek engraving. The magistrate's name ΠYΘHΣ (Pythes) appears above the bull in Greek characters, while an olive branch is positioned to the left of the device. The civic ethnic ΣA is placed below the bull's forepart. The entire design is contained within a shallow incuse square, a hallmark of early Samian silver coinage technique. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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