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    "localId": "97343",
    "label": "Drachm: Female Head (obverse); Eagle (reverse)",
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    "id": "97343",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Drachm: Female Head (obverse); Eagle (reverse)",
    "description": "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.",
    "date": "337–308 BCE",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.972",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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        "Coins"
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.972/1916.972_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.972/1916.972_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter: 1.7 cm (11/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Greek, minted at Chalkis (Euboia)"
    ],
    "accession": "1916.972"
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    "tec": "silver",
    "tombstone": "Drachm: 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",
    "collection": "GR - Greek",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "ΧΑΛ",
            "inscription_translation": "CHAL, indicates that this coin is from Chalkis",
            "inscription_remark": "Reverse"
        }
    ],
    "didYouKnow": "On the reverse is Chalkis’s 3-letter abbreviation ΧΑΛ (CHAL).",
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.972",
    "creditline": "Gift of J. H. Wade",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:14:48.250000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.972/1916.972_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 97343,
    "dept": "Greek and Roman Art",
    "coll": "GR - Greek",
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    "image_url": null
}

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