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Tritetartemorion
| Issuer | Kaunos |
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| Year | 490 BC - 470 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Winged female figure, identified as Iris, depicted in the archaic kneeling-running pose (knielauf) facing right, with large curved wings spread and both arms outstretched. The rendering is characteristic of early fifth-century Greek die-cutting, with stylized feather detail and vigorous linear modelling of the figure's drapery and limbs. The miniature scale of the flan demands an exceptionally compact composition, which the engraver achieves with considerable skill. |
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| Reverse description | A griffin stands to the left within a square border ornamented with a row of pellets (pelleted square), the whole set within a plain incuse square punch. The griffin is rendered in a bold, linear archaic style with raised foreleg and prominent wing, consistent with the civic type associated with Kaunos in Caria during the early Classical period. The incuse square is characteristic of the hammered coinage technique employed by Greek mints of this era. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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