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Obol
| Issuer | Selymbria |
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| Year | 492 BC - 470 BC |
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| Value | Obol (⅙) |
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| Obverse description | Cockerel depicted in profile, striding to right, with comb and wattle rendered in relief; the wing feathers are indicated by incised striations, and the tail feathers curve prominently upward. The bird's raised leg conveys a sense of forward motion. The type served as the civic emblem of Selymbria, a Megarian colony on the Propontis. The design fills the irregularly shaped flan with bold, archaic plasticity characteristic of early fifth-century BC Greek coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Selymbria |
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