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Trihemiobol
| Issuer | Skyros |
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| Year | 485 BC - 480 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Reverse description | Stellate pattern composed of a prominent central globule from which four radiating rays extend toward the corners of the die, creating a windmill or star-like motif. The entire design is set within a deeply impressed incuse square, a hallmark of early Greek coinage technique from the late Archaic period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Skyros, the Aegean island later seized by Kimon of Athens in 476 BC and repopulated with Athenian settlers, produced its own independent coinage only within a narrow window before that annexation ended local minting entirely. This piece dates to precisely that final phase of autonomous issue.