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Hemiobol
| Issuer | Cherronesos (Thrace) |
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| Year | 515 BC - 493 BC |
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| Weight | 0.26 g |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (515 BC - 493 BC) |
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Cherronesos — the narrow peninsula now called Gallipoli — controlled the Thracian Chersonese at a moment when Athenian interest in the region was acute. Miltiades the Elder had established Athenian influence there in the mid-sixth century, and his nephew Miltiades the Younger was governing the territory through much of this coin's probable minting window, before fleeing the Persian advance around 493 BC. The autonomous coinage of the city persisted through that turbulent occupation and withdrawal.
At 0.26 g, this hemiobol represents the smallest practical unit of a series better known for its fractional silver.