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Obol
| Issuer | Klazomenai (Ionia) |
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| Year | 480 BC - 400 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Clazomenae, Ionia, modern-day Urla, Turkey |
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Klazomenai occupied an uneasy position during this period — an Ionian city repeatedly caught between Athenian imperial demands and Persian pressure, switching allegiance more than once during the Delian League years. Small fractional silver like this obol would have circulated precisely when the city's political status was most unstable, likely struck to meet local transactional needs that larger denominations could not serve.
The Traité II reference places this among a well-documented sequence of Klazomenian fractions, though the city's coinage is underrepresented in major collections relative to its historical significance.