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Hexas
| Issuer | Segesta (Sicily) |
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| Year | 440 BC - 425 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Head of a hound facing right, rendered in archaic Greek style with fine detail. The animal's snout, ear, and collar are discernible in low relief. The central device is surrounded by a border of small pellets arranged in a complete circle, framing the design within the narrow flan. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΕΓΕ ΣΤΑ |
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Segesta — the Elymian city whose disputed origins (claimed variously as Trojan or indigenous) shaped its foreign policy for centuries — minted these fractional pieces during a period of intense rivalry with neighboring Selinus. That conflict would eventually draw Athens into Sicilian affairs, with Segestans famously overstating their city's wealth to Athenian envoys in 415 BC to secure the disastrous expedition that ended with the destruction of the Athenian fleet in Syracuse harbor. This hexas predates that manipulation by at least a decade.