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Drachm: Female Head (obverse); Eagle (reverse)
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Drachm: Female Head (obverse); Eagle (reverse)

337–308 BCE · silver

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Minted after a period of Athenian domination, this coin from Chalkis features two traditional symbols of its home island Euboia: a female head and an eagle battling a snake. What distinguishes this issue from earlier types, however, are the smooth, rounded face and deep-set eyes of the woman on the obverse, who may represent the goddess Euboia herself.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineDrachm: Female Head (obverse); Eagle (reverse), 337–308 BCE. Greek, minted at Chalkis (Euboia). Silver; diameter: 1.7 cm (11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1916.972
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