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Oktadrachm
| Issuer | Ichnai |
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| Year | 500 BC - 470 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Reverse description | A four-spoked wheel with a circular hub set within a shallow incuse square, struck in the incuse technique characteristic of early Macedonian civic coinage. The wheel motif, a common civic emblem among northern Greek mints of the archaic period, is boldly rendered with clearly defined spokes and rim. The incuse square is recessed with a rough, granular surface, consistent with the hammered coinage of the region circa 500–470 BC. The field is plain, with no inscriptions or additional devices. |
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| Mint | Ichnai (Macedonia) |
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Ichnai was a small Macedonian city of the Emathia region, and its coinage output was brief — this oktadrachm belongs to a cluster of heavy silver issues produced by minor Macedonian mints in the early fifth century, likely tied to local silver access from nearby river deposits rather than any sustained monetary program. The series ends abruptly, possibly a casualty of Macedonian consolidation under Alexander I following the Persian withdrawal after 479 BC.