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Hemiobol
| Issuer | Dikaia (Macedon) |
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| Year | 450 BC - 420 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Forepart of a bull rushing to the right, rendered in archaic Greek style with fine detail on the musculature and horns. The animal's head is lowered and turned slightly toward the viewer. Above the bull, the partial Greek legend ΔΙ (abbreviation for Dikaia) is inscribed in the upper field. The flan is irregular and the relief is bold, characteristic of early Macedonian coinage of the fifth century BC. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Dikaia was a small Greek colonial settlement on the Macedonian coast near Abdera, and its independent coinage — produced across roughly a half-century before the city fades almost entirely from the historical record — reflects a moment when even minor poleis along the northern Aegean felt compelled to issue their own silver fractions for local commerce. The hemiobol, at a quarter gram, was the smallest practical unit in circulation, used for transactions too trivial for larger denominations to manage cleanly.
AMNG III#10 is among the rarest cited types in the series. Specimens surface almost exclusively in Balkan hoard material.