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Diobol
| Issuer | Byzantion (Thrace) |
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| Year | 340 BC - 320 BC |
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| Value | Diobol (⅓) |
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| Obverse description | Bull standing left on dolphin, also left, the whole composition rendered in bold relief characteristic of Byzantion civic coinage. The bull, a principal civic symbol of Byzantion, is depicted with naturalistic musculature; a dolphin is visible beneath, referencing the city's maritime identity on the Bosphorus. The abbreviation ΠΥ appears in the upper field, representing the ethnic of Byzantion. The flan is irregular in shape, consistent with hand-struck small silver coinage of the fourth century BC. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
| Obverse lettering | ΠΥ |
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