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Tetradrachm - Pythion
| Issuer | Samos |
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| Year | 408 BC - 366 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Facing lion scalp rendered en face, with bold, deeply modelled features characteristic of Samian coinage of the early fourth century BC. The broad muzzle, open jaw, and prominent brow ridges are rendered with considerable plasticity, the eyes set wide apart beneath a heavy forehead. The mane radiates outward around the scalp in carefully engraved parallel striations, filling the broad flan to its irregular edge. No inscription appears on the obverse; the design relies entirely on the powerful emblematic image of the lion head as the civic badge of Samos. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΠYΘΙΩN ΣA (Translation: Pythion) |
| Edge | Plain |
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