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Diobol
| Issuer | Ainos |
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| Year | 455 BC - 452 BC |
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| Diameter | 9.0 mm |
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| Reverse description | A kerykeion (caduceus) depicted facing, with two intertwined serpents forming the central knot and a pair of wings indicated at the top of the staff, shown in a schematic, compact rendering characteristic of small-denomination coinage. The device is centrally placed within an incuse square of linear border. Flanking the kerykeion are the Greek letters Α (to the left) and Ι (to the right), serving as an abbreviated ethnic of ΑΙΝΙΩΝ, the civic inscription of Ainos. |
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| Reverse lettering | Α Ι |
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Ainos — the Thracian coastal city at the mouth of the Hebros River — was a member of the Delian League during this period, paying tribute to Athens following the consolidation of Athenian power after the Persian Wars. The city's coinage of this decade is tightly datable because Ainetan tribute records appear in the Athenian Tribute Lists beginning around 454 BC, providing an unusually precise anchor for the series.
The May corpus remains the definitive typological study, and specimens matching #83 are infrequently encountered on the market.