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Hemidrachm - Deiklos
| Issuer | Lebedos |
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| Year | 330 BC - 300 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Athenian owl (Athena's sacred bird) standing to the right with head facing forward, rendered in a robust, compact style consistent with late 4th-century Ionian civic coinage. The Greek magistrate's name ΔHIKOΣ is inscribed vertically to the left of the owl in the field. A ship's prow appears to the right, serving as a civic symbol of Lebedos and its maritime character. The overall composition closely mirrors Athenian hemidrachm typology, underscoring the cultural and commercial influence of Athens on Ionian league cities. |
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| Mintage | ND (330 BC - 300 BC) |
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Lebedos was among the least consequential of the twelve Ionian cities — so marginal, in fact, that Lysimachos forcibly synoikized its population into the newly founded Ephesos around 294 BC, effectively erasing the city. Coinage bearing the magistrate name Deiklos almost certainly predates that dissolution, placing these hemidrachms among the final municipal issues of a polis that ceased to exist by administrative fiat rather than conquest or catastrophe.