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Hemidrachm
| Issuer | Amphictyonic League |
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| Year | 336 BC - 335 BC |
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| Value | Hemidrachm (1/2) |
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| Obverse description | Veiled head of Demeter facing left, portrayed in archaic Greek style, wearing a wreath composed of wheat stalks with a single prominent leaf and an upright wheatear. The portrait is rendered with fine detail characteristic of late Classical Amphictyonic coinage, with the veil draped softly over the hair and falling behind the neck. The goddess is depicted in three-quarter profile, her features serene and idealized. |
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| Reverse description | A large serpent coiled in multiple tiers around the sacred omphalos stone, which is depicted covered with a knotted net or bosses in characteristic Delphic iconographic tradition. The serpent's scales are rendered with fine detail, its head rising above the coils at upper right. The Amphictyonic league ethnic ΑΜΦΙΚΤΙΟΝΩΝ is inscribed in Greek letters arranged in a semicircular fashion around the upper field, flanking the serpent on both sides. The overall composition powerfully evokes the Delphic sanctuary and its religious significance. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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