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    "localId": "111417",
    "label": "Tetradrachm: Nike on Ship's Prow (obverse); Poseidon (reverse)",
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    "id": "111417",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Tetradrachm: Nike on Ship's Prow (obverse); Poseidon (reverse)",
    "date": "c. 300–295 BCE",
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    "language": "en",
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    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter: 3 cm (1 3/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Greek, Macedonian, minted at Salamis (Cyprus), reign of Demetrios Poliorketes (\"The Beseiger\")"
    ],
    "accession": "1929.911"
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            "inscription": "ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ | ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ",
            "inscription_translation": "Of the king Demetrios",
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            "inscription": "X perpendicular to Ρ",
            "inscription_remark": "Reverse; Ligature"
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        {
            "inscription": "ΗΡ",
            "inscription_remark": "Reverse; Ligature"
        }
    ],
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    "creditline": "Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:53:51.556000",
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