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Drachm Countermarked
| Issuer | Perrhaiboi |
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| Year | 460 BC - 440 BC |
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| Weight | 5.88 g |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Perrhaiboi occupied the northern reaches of Thessaly, a region contested enough that their coinage appears in several countermarked forms — suggesting pieces circulated well beyond their origin and were restruck by authorities needing to validate or revalue foreign silver. The countermark practice was widespread in fifth-century northern Greece, where no single power controlled enough territory to enforce monetary uniformity.
BCD 1238 is a well-documented specimen from the landmark Nomos auction of the BCD Thessaly collection, the most systematically assembled regional hoard study of its kind.