Hemiobol

正面描述	Nude male figure of Poseidon striding vigorously to the right, depicted in the dynamic Severe Style characteristic of mid-fifth century BC South Italian coinage. The god raises his left arm aloft, brandishing a trident, his weight shifted forward in a martial stance. The partial inscription ΠOΣE appears in the field, identifying the issuing city of Poseidonia. Despite the diminutive flan, the die-cutter has rendered the muscular anatomy of the deity with considerable skill. The field is otherwise plain, with the figure filling the available space on the irregular hammered planchet.
正面文字	Greek
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附加信息	Poseidonia — the Greek colonial city on the Tyrrhenian coast of Lucania known to the Romans as Paestum — issued fractions like this hemiobol to facilitate small-scale commerce in a region where trade with indigenous Italic peoples demanded a full range of denominations. At roughly a quarter-obol's worth of silver, these pieces were among the smallest practical units the mint produced, and surviving examples are correspondingly scarce; the attrition rate for coins this light in ancient circulation was brutal.

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