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| Reference | Sear 4144 | Bronze 13mm (1.61 grams) Struck circa 350 B.C.
El Juicio de Paris by Enrique Simonet , ca. 1904
Urteil des Paris by Anton Raphael Mengs , ca. 1757
after Peisistratos' son, Hippias , was banished from Athens in 510/9 BC, he spent his exile at Sigeion and minted coins which displayed the Athenian symbol of the owl and his own name as the legend
However, references in later sources indicate that the promontory continued to be known as 'Sigeion' for many centuries to come
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