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Trihemiobol
| Issuer | Delphi |
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| Year | 450 BC - 400 BC |
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| Weight | 1.2 g |
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| Obverse description | Ram's head in right profile, rendered with considerable detail including a naturalistic curved horn and textured fleece indicated by dotted beading along the neck. Below the ram's head, a dolphin is depicted swimming to the right. The design is set against a plain field on an irregularly flan typical of early Phokian coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Two confronted goat heads facing one another within a deeply struck incuse square, a device characteristic of early Greek coining technique. The heads are rendered in moderate relief within the sunken square, their muzzles nearly touching at the center of the die. The incuse square format reflects archaic Greek minting tradition, with the goat imagery serving as a civic emblem of the Delphic mint. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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