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Hemiobol
| Issuer | Kleitor |
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| Year | 450 BC - 430 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Reverse description | Large archaic Greek letter epsilon (Ε), the initial of Kleitor, centered within a dotted border forming a square frame, itself set within a recessed incuse square. The incuse is deeply struck with bold, straight walls, typical of Peloponnesian coinage of the mid-fifth century BC. The design is simple and geometric, serving as a clear civic badge of the issuing city. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Kleitor was a minor Arkadian city-state whose coinage output was extremely limited, and the hemiobol represents the smallest denomination in what was already a sparse series. The BCD collection — assembled by a single anonymous European collector over decades — contained one of the most complete runs of Arkadian regional bronzes and silvers ever assembled, and the cataloguing of lot 1417 gave scholars their clearest framework yet for attributing these fractional pieces with confidence.