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Hemisiglos - Gorgias
| Issuer | Abydos |
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| Year | 350 BC - 325 BC |
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| Weight | 2.56 g |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
| Reverse lettering | ABY ΓΟΡΓΙΑΣ |
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Abydos occupied a chokepoint of extraordinary commercial and military value — the narrowest crossing of the Hellespont, roughly a kilometer wide — and its coinage reflects a mint that profited from constant transit tolls and harbor fees rather than agricultural wealth. The city changed hands repeatedly between Persian and Macedonian spheres during precisely this quarter-century, and fractional silver like this hemisiglos likely served the dense daily commerce of ferrymen, merchants, and soldiers passing between Europe and Asia.
The magistrate name Gorgias appears on a small cluster of Abydene issues, suggesting a brief tenure of civic monetary oversight rather than a sustained series.