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Obol
| Issuer | Klazomenai |
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| Year | 500 BC - 480 BC |
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| Value | Obol (⅙) |
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| Obverse description | Forepart of a ram facing left, rendered in archaic style with boldly modeled facial features. The eye is prominently circular and the muzzle is depicted with characteristic early Ionian artistic detail. The flan is irregular, typical of hand-struck archaic coinage from the region. |
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| Reverse description | Plain incuse square punch of irregular form, divided into quadrants by raised ridges creating a mill-sail or windmill pattern within the depression. The incuse is deeply struck into the flat flan, consistent with archaic hammered coinage technique of the late 6th to early 5th century BC. |
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| Mint | Klazomenai (Ionia) |
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