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Tetrobol
| Issuer | Histaia |
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| Year | 400 BC - 200 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Facing slightly right, the wreathed head of the nymph Histaia rendered in fine archaic style, her hair elaborately arranged with a vine wreath. A countermark depicting a facing gorgoneion has been applied over the field, its apotropaic visage with protruding tongue and serpentine locks clearly impressed into the coin's surface at a later date. |
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| Reverse description | The forepart of a bull advancing to the right, its head turned to face the viewer in a dynamic three-quarter perspective. A bunch of grapes appears in the upper field above the bull's neck. The ethnic inscription IΣT is positioned in the lower right field, identifying the issuing city of Histaia in Euboia. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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