Tetartemorion

Mende was one of the more prosperous Chalcidian colonies on the Pallene peninsula, its wealth built almost entirely on wine exports — Mendean wine was traded as far as Egypt and the Black Sea. These fractional pieces circulated alongside the city's better-known didrachms and were almost certainly used in everyday market transactions rather than long-distance commerce. At 0.2g, the loss of a single coin represented negligible value, which explains in part why so few survive in anything approaching fine condition.