Hemidrachm

Parion occupied a strategically awkward position on the Propontis — close enough to Persian-controlled Anatolia to feel administrative pressure, yet sufficiently embedded in Greek trade networks to maintain its own silver coinage through the fourth century. The hemidrachm series continued through the period of Macedonian expansion without interruption, a quiet indicator of how thoroughly Philip II and Alexander accommodated existing civic minting in the western Propontis rather than suppressing it.

The type is well-attested across multiple reference corpora, suggesting reasonably healthy survival, likely owing to Parion's role as a waystation for Black Sea grain traffic.