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Diobol
| Issuer | Klazomenai |
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| Year | 480 BC - 400 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered, Incuse |
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| Obverse description | A boar depicted in profile, moving or crouching with its body rendered in relatively high relief against a plain field. The animal's bristled dorsal crest, muscular haunches, and curled tail are rendered with characteristic Archaic naturalism. The boar, a civic emblem of Klazomenai, occupies the full flan. No inscription or legend is present. |
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| Reverse description | A facing gorgoneion (Gorgon mask) rendered in the Archaic style, with a broad, grimacing visage, protruding eyes, and a wild, disheveled coiffure framing the face. The apotropaic mask fills the small flan, executed in shallow relief consistent with the incuse technique characteristic of early Ionian coinage. No legend or inscription accompanies the device. |
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| Mintage | ND (480 BC - 400 BC) - boar facing left - ND (480 BC - 400 BC) - boar facing right - |
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