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Obol
| Issuer | Dardanos |
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| Year | 440 BC - 420 BC |
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| Weight | 0.68 g |
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| Mint | Dardanus |
| Mintage | ND (440 BC - 420 BC) |
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Dardanos was a small coastal city in the Troad, positioned on the southern shore of the Hellespont near the narrows — strategically vital during the Persian Wars and the decades of Athenian maritime dominance that followed. Its coinage is sparse precisely because the city operated in the economic shadow of nearby Abydos and Lampsakos, both of which issued far more prolifically. The obol denomination suggests small-scale local commerce rather than any regional monetary ambition.
Klein 303 and the Ashmolean specimen represent nearly the full extent of documented die evidence for this type.