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    "label": "Stater: Boiotian Shield (obverse); Volute-Krater (reverse)",
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    "title": "Stater: Boiotian Shield (obverse); Volute-Krater (reverse)",
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            "inscription": "Θ | Ε",
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            "citation": "\"Accessions.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 4, no. 4 (1917): 64-67.",
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    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:18:35.202000",
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