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Obol
| Issuer | Athens |
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| Year | 515 BC - 510 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Facing wheel motif composed of four rounded quadrants separated by raised dividing lines meeting at a central raised boss, all contained within a raised circular border. The design is characteristic of the early Wappenmünzen ('heraldic coinage') series of Athens, rendered in an archaic style with irregular flan surfaces. No legend or inscription is present. The field surrounding the wheel is granular and uneven, typical of hand-struck archaic silver coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Incuse square punch of irregular quadripartite form, divided by raised diagonal ridges into four triangular compartments in a windmill or mill-sail arrangement, characteristic of early Athenian archaic hammered coinage. The incuse is deeply impressed and asymmetric, consistent with a single blow from the reverse die. The surface within the compartments is rough and granular with no inscription or legend present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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