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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Sermyle |
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| Year | 500 BC - 470 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Nude male rider seated on a horse prancing to the right, rendered in vigorous archaic style. The rider raises his right arm, possibly holding a weapon or performing a gesture of authority. Three pellets are distributed in the field — one above the horse, one to the left, and one below — serving as decorative or symbolic fill elements. The ethnic inscription ΣΕΡΜVΛΙΑΝ appears in the upper right field in archaic Greek characters. The overall composition reflects the Macedonian and Thracian tradition of equestrian coinage prevalent in the northern Aegean region during the early Classical period. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΣΕΡΜVΛΙΑΝ |
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Sermyle was a small Chalcidian colonial settlement on the Sithonian peninsula of Macedon, and its coinage survives in such limited numbers that the city's precise civic history remains poorly reconstructed. The HGC lists this type with considerable rarity, and examples appear almost exclusively in Balkan hoard contexts, suggesting tight regional circulation rather than any broader Aegean trade use.
The weight standard aligns with the Thraco-Macedonian heavy silver tradition of the early fifth century, distinct from the Attic standard gaining ground farther south at the same time.