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Hemidrachm
| Issuer | Delos |
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| Year | 530 BC - 510 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | A kithara (lyre) depicted in relief, rendered schematically with six vertical cords extending between the instrument's crossbar and soundbox. The design occupies the full flan, executed in the archaic hammered style characteristic of early Cycladic coinage. No legend or inscription is present in the field. |
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| Mintage | ND (530 BC - 510 BC) |
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Delos operated less as a conventional city-state than as a sanctuary economy, its mint activity directly tied to the wealth flowing through the sanctuary of Apollo. Issues from this period predate Athenian dominance over the island — Athens would purify Delos in 426 BC, exhuming its burials and eventually expelling its population entirely. These early Delian coins circulated within a tight religious and commercial orbit, facilitating transactions at one of the Aegean's most frequented pilgrimage sites rather than funding any military or civic apparatus.