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Tetrobol
| Issuer | Gambrion |
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| Year | 400 BC |
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| Value | Tetrobol (⅔) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Apollo facing right, rendered in fine archaic-to-early classical Greek style. The deity's hair is elaborately arranged, with a laurel wreath crowning the head and long wavy locks falling behind the neck. Facial features are finely modeled, exhibiting the characteristic idealized beauty of early fourth-century Mysian coinage. The portrait fills the flan with confident relief, characteristic of the Gambrion mint's refined engraving tradition. |
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| Reverse description | Forepart of a bull butting to the right, with the head turned to face the viewer in three-quarter perspective, a striking and dynamic compositional choice. A tamgha (dynastic symbol) is incuse on the bull's shoulder, serving as a civic or dynastic identifier. A kerykeion (caduceus) appears in the upper field above the bull's back, referencing Hermes and trade. The design is rendered with bold, expressive relief typical of Mysian civic bronzes and silver issues of this period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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