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Tetartemorion
| Issuer | Thebes |
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| Year | 425 BC - 395 BC |
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| Value | Tetartemorion (1⁄24) |
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| Reverse script | Greek (retrograde) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Thebes in the late fifth century was navigating a complicated position among the Greek poleis — nominally allied with Sparta during the Peloponnesian War yet deeply resented for its medizing during the Persian invasion generations earlier. These fractional pieces circulated in a local economy that never fully adopted Athenian weight standards, the Boeotian federation maintaining its own denominational system even as Athenian owls dominated wider Aegean trade.
At 0.17g, the tetartemorion is a quarter of a quarter-obol — among the smallest silver denominations struck anywhere in the ancient world.