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Tetradrachm - Epigene..., Sosandros and Moschi...
| Issuer | Athens |
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| Year | 125 BC - 124 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Facing right, the helmeted head of Athena Parthenos rendered in the late New Style manner, her Attic helmet elaborately decorated with a palmette above the visor, a prominent fore-part of a horse on the bowl, and a coiled serpent at the nape. The hair falls in undulating locks beneath the helmet rim, and the goddess's finely modelled facial features display the idealized Hellenistic canon. No legend appears in the field, the entire design filling the flan with characteristic Athenian New Style artistry. |
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| Reverse description | An owl, the sacred bird of Athena, stands to right with head facing front, depicted in the formal New Style Athenian convention upon a panathenaic amphora; the letter B appears on the amphora body and ΣΦ is inscribed in the exergue. To the left, an eagle stands right atop a thunderbolt. The names of the issuing magistrates are distributed in the fields. The entire reverse composition is enclosed within a thick laurel wreath, a hallmark of the New Style Athenian tetradrachm series. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΣΦ |
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