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Hemiobol
| Issuer | Argilos |
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| Year | 470 BC - 460 BC |
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| Value | Hemiobol (1⁄12) |
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| Obverse description | Forepart of Pegasus depicted in left profile, rendered in archaic Greek style with the winged horse's head, neck, and folded wings clearly articulated. The musculature of the chest and the feathering of the wings are finely detailed for the small module. The figure occupies the full field of this diminutive silver piece, with no legend or inscription present. |
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| Mintage | ND (470 BC - 460 BC) |
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Argilos was a Thasian colony on the Strymon river in Thrace, controlling access to the silver-rich hinterland that would later make nearby Amphipolis one of the most strategically contested cities in the Greek world. The town issued its own small silver coinage during a window of genuine commercial independence — before Athenian expansion up the Strymonian coast effectively absorbed its economic sphere in the 430s BC.
At 0.27 g, this hemiobol represents the smallest practical denomination in local exchange, almost certainly used in market transactions rather than tribute or inter-polis settlement.