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Triobol
| Issuer | Sybaris |
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| Year | 446 BC - 440 BC |
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| Value | Triobol (1/2) |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted head of Athena facing right, her effigy rendered in fine archaic Greek style with naturalistic hair locks escaping beneath the bowl of an Attic helmet surmounted by a prominent crest and decorated with a wreath motif. The facial features are carefully modelled, with a well-defined nose and chin, and the cheek-guard of the helmet frames the face. Loose curling tresses fall gracefully along the neck below the helmet rim, lending the portrait an animated quality characteristic of the early classical Italiote coinage. |
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| Reverse description | A bull, the civic emblem of Sybaris, depicted in high relief standing to the right with its head turned back to the left in the characteristic pose associated with this Achaean colony's coinage. The animal is rendered with musculature and anatomical detail typical of the early classical period, with all four legs planted firmly on a plain ground line. The abbreviated ethnic legend ΣYBA appears in the exergue below the bull, identifying the issuing city. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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