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Diobol
| Issuer | Uncertain Greek city (Greece (ancient)) |
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| Year | 500 BC - 450 BC |
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| Value | 1 Diobol = ⅓ Drachm |
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| Reverse description | Incuse square punch of irregular quadripartite form, deeply recessed into the flan as is typical of early Archaic Greek hammered coinage struck with a simple punch reverse. The incuse surface displays a rough, granular texture with no figural or epigraphic elements discernible. This austere reverse type reflects the primitive striking technique employed by uncertain Greek mints during the late Archaic period, circa 500–450 BC. The punch impression is asymmetrically divided, consistent with a single square punch of variable alignment. |
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| Mintage | ND (500 BC - 450 BC) |
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Without a confirmed issuing authority, attributing this piece involves navigating one of the more contested areas of archaic Greek numismatics. Dozens of city-states across the Aegean, Asia Minor, and the western colonies struck diobols of near-identical weight during this half-century, many before establishing the distinctive type identities that later make attribution straightforward. The absence of an ethnic or symbol precise enough to pin down the mint is itself historically informative — early Greek coinage identity was still consolidating.