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Tetradrachm - temp. Artaxerxes II
| Issuer | Ionia, Satrapy of |
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| Year | 404 BC - 358 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm (550-330 BCE) |
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| Obverse description | Bearded head of a Persian satrap facing right, wearing the low tiara characteristic of Achaemenid satrapal authority. The portrait is rendered in archaic Greek style with bold, schematic facial features, including a prominent beard rendered in wavy lines. The flan is irregular, typical of hammered coinage of the period, with the head occupying the central field. |
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| Reverse description | Within a shallow incuse square, the Great King depicted bearded and crowned, kneeling to the right in the traditional Achaemenid archer pose. He holds a bow in his left hand and a spear in his right. The Greek legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ('of the King') appears in the field. A galley is shown in the left infield oriented downward, serving as a satrapal or civic emblem. |
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| Mintage | ND (404 BC - 358 BC) |
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