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Tetrobol
| Issuer | Selymbria |
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| Year | 492 BC - 470 BC |
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| Value | Tetrobol (⅔) |
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| Obverse lettering | ΣA |
| Reverse description | The reverse displays a quadripartite incuse square divided by two perpendicular raised ridges into four recessed compartments of roughly equal size, a hallmark of early Greek coinage struck by the incuse punch technique. The quadrants are deeply impressed and show slightly uneven surfaces consistent with hand-hammered production. No legend or subsidiary devices are present. The bold, geometric simplicity of the type is characteristic of Thracian civic issues of the late Archaic period. |
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Selymbria occupied a strategically awkward position on the northern shore of the Propontis — close enough to Byzantium to be perpetually in its shadow, yet independent enough to strike its own silver throughout the early fifth century. The city sided with the Delian League after the Persian Wars but maintained a distinct civic identity, and its coinage reflects that brief window of autonomy before larger powers progressively absorbed the region's monetary output.
The HGC 3.2 reference places this type among a small, tightly clustered group of issues, none abundant in the market.