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Obol
| Issuer | Samos |
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| Year | 499 BC - 495 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Reverse description | Head of a bull turned to the left, depicted within a shallow incuse square, rendered in the archaic Greek manner with a dotted border visible along the upper edge of the incuse. The bovine head is shown in profile with characteristic features including a prominent eye, curving horn, and textured muzzle, consistent with the coinage of Samos during this early classical transitional period. |
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| Mintage | ND (499 BC - 495 BC) |
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Samos in this period was navigating the turbulent aftermath of the Ionian Revolt, during which the island's fleet played a conspicuous — and ultimately treacherous — role at the Battle of Lade in 494 BC, when a large portion of the Samian contingent broke formation and sailed home. Small fractional silver like this would have passed through the hands of sailors, merchants, and soldiers operating out of one of the Aegean's most commercially active harbors during exactly that rupture.