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Hemiobol
| Issuer | Skione |
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| Year | 480 BC - 450 BC |
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| Value | Hemiobol (1⁄12) |
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| Reverse description | A schematically rendered galley prow or hull element — conventionally identified as a ship's 'eye' (oculus) — depicted in raised relief within a deeply recessed incuse square, itself set within the broader coin field. The motif alludes to Skione's maritime identity as a seafaring city of the Pallene peninsula. The incuse square has sharply defined borders and a slightly uneven floor, as is typical of the hammered technique of this period. No inscription or legend accompanies the device. |
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| Mint | Skione, Pallene, Macedon |
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Skione was a Greek colony on the Pallene peninsula of Chalkidike — a city whose entire history pivots on a single catastrophic political miscalculation. In 423 BC the Skionaeans revolted from Athens just two days after a truce had been signed with Sparta, a timing so disastrous that Athens refused to honor the armistice in their case. Thucydides records the Athenians voting to execute the men and enslave the women and children, a sentence eventually carried out in 421 BC. This hemiobol predates that destruction, struck when the city still functioned as an independent issuing authority.