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Hemiobol
| Issuer | Eion |
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| Year | 460 BC - 400 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Reverse description | A quadripartite incuse square dominating the entire reverse field, divided by a raised cross-shaped ridge into four recessed triangular or rectangular compartments of roughly equal size, characteristic of the archaic mill-sail or windmill incuse type. The surface of the raised areas bears a granular texture from the hammer strike. No legend, inscription, or subsidiary device is present. This incuse punch design is typical of small silver fractions struck in the Thraco-Macedonian region during the fifth century BC. |
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| Mint | Eion, Thrace |
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Eion was an Athenian-controlled port on the Strymon River in Thrace, seized from the Persians by Cimon in 476 BC after a siege that ended in mass suicide by the Persian garrison commander Boges rather than surrender. The city functioned primarily as a transit point for Macedonian timber — critical to Athenian naval construction — and its coinage reflects a purely local commercial need rather than civic ambition. Few mints of this scale produced issues so small.