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Diobol
| Issuer | Selymbria |
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| Year | 492 BC - 470 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Forepart of a bull facing left in archaic style, rendered with bold, compact relief characteristic of early Thracian coinage. The animal's head is turned to face the viewer in a three-quarter perspective, with the muzzle and eye summarily but forcefully rendered. The flan is irregular and slightly uneven, typical of hand-struck fractional silver of this period. No legend or inscription appears in the field. |
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| Mintage | ND (492 BC - 470 BC) |
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Selymbria sat on the Propontis coast between Byzantium and Perinthus, a Megarian colony that punched above its weight in regional trade during the early fifth century. The city briefly defected from the Delian League in 411 BC, though by then this issue had long since stopped circulating. The diobol's production window brackets the Persian Wars almost exactly — these coins were being struck when Darius's fleet was moving through the Hellespont.