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| Issuer | Sigeion |
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| Year | 350 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Owl standing to the right in the typical Athenian iconographic convention, with head facing forward and wings closed, rendered in a schematic style characteristic of small bronze provincial coinage. A crescent symbol appears to the left of the owl in the field. The ethnic inscription ΣΙΓΕ is arranged vertically to the right of the owl, identifying the issuing city of Sigeion. The design occupies the majority of the compact, irregularly shaped flan. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΣΙΓΕ |
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Sigeion occupied a strategically critical position at the entrance to the Hellespont, and control of the site was contested repeatedly between Athens and Mytilene across the sixth and fifth centuries. By the time this bronze was struck, the city had long since faded from its earlier prominence — Athenian interest had waned, and the site was effectively a minor dependency. Small civic bronzes of this type served purely local exchange needs in a town of diminishing regional importance.