Eretria - 500-490 BC - silver tetradrachm - bull - octopus - Berlin MK AM
<p>object type: Greek coin
- production technique: struck
- issuing authority: city: Eretria - ΕΡΕΤΡΙΑ
- period / date: ca. 511/500-490 BC
- material: silver
- denomination: tetradrachm
- diameter: 28 mm 
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<pre>- weight: 16.83 gr
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<p>- description obverse: standing bull, turning his head towards his raised right hindleg; on his back stands a bird (swallow?)
- inscription (Greek): E
- description reverse: octopus
- inscription (Greek): E
- museum / inventory number: Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Altes Museum
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