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Diobol
| Issuer | Uncertain Greek city |
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| Year | 500 BC - 400 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Quadripartite incuse square divided into four recessed compartments of alternating depth, forming a windmill or skewed checker pattern typical of early archaic Greek coinage technique. The incuse is deeply struck and geometrically regular, filling the entire reverse field. This type of reverse is characteristic of the transitional and early classical period of Greek silver coinage, serving as the anvil die impression. No legend or additional device is present. |
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| Edge | Irregular |
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Without a confirmed issuing authority, attribution of small archaic silver fractions like this remains genuinely contested. Diobols of this weight range circulated across the Aegean and Ionian coastal cities as everyday transactional coinage — the kind of piece exchanged for a day's ferry crossing or a measure of grain, never hoarded because no individual piece was worth the effort.