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Hemiobol
| Issuer | Athens |
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| Year | 561 BC - 546 BC |
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| Value | Hemiobol (1⁄12) |
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| Obverse description | Raised depiction of an apple in high relief, rendered in a primitive archaic style characteristic of early Athenian coinage. The fruit is shown in a slightly globular form occupying the full flan, with a small stem or calyx detail visible at the top. The surface of the type is smooth and convex, set against a broad, flat field. No legend or inscription is present, consistent with pre-epigraphic Athenian fractional coinage of the mid-sixth century BC. |
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| Reverse description | Incuse square punch, deeply impressed into the flan in the manner typical of early archaic Greek coinage. The punch presents a rough, slightly subdivided recessed square with irregular interior surface showing traces of the hammer blow. No subsidiary design or legend is present within the incuse. This plain incuse reverse is characteristic of the earliest phase of Athenian silver fractional issues, serving primarily to authenticate the silver content of the flan. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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