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Hemiobol - Ennea Hodoi
| Issuer | Uncertain Thraco-macedonian city (Thraco-macedonian region) |
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| Year | 500 BC - 480 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (500 BC - 480 BC) |
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Ennea Hodoi — "Nine Roads" — was the strategically vital crossing point on the Strymon River contested by Athens, Persia, and various Thracian powers across the fifth century. The Athenians suffered a catastrophic defeat there in 465 BC when ten thousand colonists were massacred by the Edoni tribe, and the site later became Amphipolis. A coin attributed to this location predating that violence survives in a denomination so small it speaks to everyday local exchange rather than any imperial ambition.