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Triobol
| Issuer | Kleitor |
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| Year | 300 BC - 260 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Facing radiate head of Helios, depicted full-face with a youthful, idealized visage, surrounded by bold, stylized sun rays radiating outward in all directions. The deity's hair is rendered in short, wavy locks framing the face, and a chlamys or cloak is knotted at the neck below the bust, a distinctive iconographic attribute. The modeling of the face is naturalistic in the Greek tradition, with well-defined eyes, nose, and lips. The composition fills the flan with characteristic Peloponnesian die-engraving style of the early Hellenistic period. |
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| Reverse description | A bull charging and butting to the right occupies the lower portion of the field, rendered with muscular energy typical of Greek numismatic art. Above and to the right, a centaur gallops to the right, depicted in vigorous motion and raising or hurling a log or tree branch as a weapon, a mythological motif associated with the legends of Arcadia. The ethnic legend ΚΛΗ, an abbreviation for Kleitor, appears in the field. The composition is dynamic, with both figures conveying movement across the compact flan surface. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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