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Tetradrachm - Epikrates
| Issuer | Samos |
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| Year | 408 BC - 366 BC |
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| Diameter | 21.5 mm |
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| Obverse description | Facing lion scalp rendered in bold relief, depicted full-face with a broad, flattened muzzle, prominent brow ridge, and wide-set eyes. The mane radiates symmetrically around the scalp in deeply engraved, stylized strands, filling the field to the coin's border. The treatment is characteristic of the archaic-to-classical Samian style, with a powerful, almost mask-like frontality emphasizing the heraldic quality of the type. |
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| Reverse description | Forepart of a bull facing right, rendered in profile with naturalistic musculature. Above, the name of the magistrate is inscribed in two lines in the field. A laurel branch appears to the left, and the ethnic abbreviation of the city of Samos is placed below the bull, serving as the civic identifier. The composition balances the figural type with epigraphic elements in a manner typical of late fifth- to early fourth-century Samian coinage. |
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| Mintage | ND (408 BC - 366 BC) |
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