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Tetradrachm - Xanthippos
| Issuer | Kos |
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| Year | 285 BC - 258 BC |
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| Weight | 14.85 g |
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| Reverse description | A crab depicted in full face within a dotted square border set within an incuse square, a type emblematic of the island of Kos. The name of the magistrate ΞΑΝΘΙΠΠΟΣ appears below the crab in Greek characters, accompanied by the ethnic legend ΚΩΙ-ΩΝ distributed in the field; a bow in its bow case (gorytus) is placed below the magistrate's name as a secondary device. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
| Reverse lettering | Κ ΩΙΟ Ν ΞΑΝΘΙΠΠΟΣ |
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