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Obol
| Issuer | Parrhasia |
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| Year | 430 BC - 370 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Large archaic Pi (Π) symbol displayed prominently in incuse relief at the center of the flan, flanked by the retrograde Greek letters ΠΑΡ arranged around the monogram — Π to the left and ΑΡ above and to the right — forming the ethnic abbreviation for Parrhasia. The letters are rendered in the archaic Arkadian alphabet. The field is flat and lightly granular, with the design occupying most of the available surface of the irregular flan. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΠΑR Π |
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Parrhasia was an Arkadian region rather than a single polis, and its independent coin issues reflect a brief window of political autonomy before the foundation of Megalopolis in 371 BC effectively absorbed it — along with most of the surrounding Arkadian communities — into a new synoikized city designed to counterbalance Spartan power. Once Megalopolis was established, coinage under regional Arkadian identities largely ceased.
The BCD Peloponnesos reference places this among a tightly documented but numerically small group.