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Drachm
| Issuer | Klazomenai |
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| Year | 499 BC - 494 BC |
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| Weight | 6.93 g |
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| Obverse description | Forepart of a winged boar advancing to the right, rendered in high relief with bold archaic style. The animal displays prominent feathered wings folded along the body, with clearly articulated musculature and a snout with open jaws. The surface of the flan shows the characteristic granular texture of early Ionian coinage, with the design occupying the full field without any border or legend. |
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| Mintage | ND (499 BC - 494 BC) |
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Klazomenai was one of the twelve cities of the Ionian League that joined the revolt against Achaemenid Persian rule beginning in 499 BC — the very date range of this issue. The city contributed ships to the rebel fleet and would have needed coinage precisely for the military and logistical demands of sustained rebellion. Production almost certainly ceased when Persian forces reasserted control following the Ionian defeat at the Battle of Lade in 494 BC, making this type a direct artifact of that five-year conflict.
The SNG Copenhagen and von Aulock references both draw from a narrow pool of specimens, reflecting how few examples survived the subsequent Persian sack of nearby Miletos and the broader disruption to Ionian civic life.