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Obol
| Issuer | Sermyle |
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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 horse prancing to the right, rendered in archaic style with a bold, rounded body and a flowing mane indicated by incised lines. A pellet appears in the upper right field. The lower register features a decorative ground line composed of a row of pellets, with a spiral motif visible beneath the horse's hindquarters. The entire design is set within the slightly irregular flan characteristic of early Macedonian silver coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Sermyle was a small Chalcidian colony on the Sithonian peninsula of Macedon, and its independent coinage is exceptionally rare — the city disappears from the historical record after the Athenians destroyed it around 479 BC following the Persian Wars. The brevity of that window explains the tight date range and the handful of known specimens.