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Hemiobol
| Issuer | Uncertain Greek city (Greece (ancient)) |
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| Year | 450 BC - 400 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | A scallop shell depicted in high relief, viewed from above, with prominent radiating ribs fanning outward from a central hinge point at the base. The shell's valves are rendered with careful attention to natural form, the ribbing executed in a bold archaic style characteristic of late 5th-century BC Greek coinage. The design occupies the full flan, with the shell's lower margin resting near the coin's edge. |
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| Reverse description | A large Greek capital letter alpha (Α) in archaic form, incuse-struck within a shallow square punch dominating the reverse field. The letter is boldly rendered with a slightly trapezoidal body and a horizontal crossbar, consistent with archaic Greek epigraphic conventions of the 5th century BC. The incuse square has a plain, flat interior with clearly defined recessed borders, a technique typical of early Greek fractional silver coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | Α |
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