In ancient Greece, a pinakion was a small bronze or wooden plate used as a form of citizen's token.

Pinakia for candidates for political office or for jury membership were designed to be inserted into randomization machines (kleroteria) so votes could be as accurate as possible to a wider community. Pinakia were common in Athens, but there are examples of non-Athenian pinakia as well.

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