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Tetrobol
| Issuer | Terone |
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| Year | 480 BC - 450 BC |
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| Weight | 2.44 g |
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| Obverse description | An oenochoe (wine jug) depicted in high relief at centre, with a prominent handle arching to the right and a trefoil mouth at top, resting on a stepped base. The vessel is rendered with careful attention to its rounded body and elegant proportions, characteristic of early Classical Greek die-cutting. Flanking the oenochoe in the field are the Greek letters Tau (T) to the left and Epsilon (E) to the right, serving as an abbreviated ethnic for Terone. A fine dotted border encircles the entire design. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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Terone was a Chalcidian colony on the westernmost prong of the Chalkidike peninsula, and its coinage is among the scarcest from that region — the city was sacked by Cleon's Athenian forces in 422 BC, effectively ending its independent mint. The tetrobol series falls squarely within the city's most active period, when Chalkidike colonies were navigating the pressure of Athenian imperial expansion through the Delian League.
The SNG ANS sequence 751–754 documents die linkages across this type, suggesting a small but organized output rather than emergency production.