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Tetrobol
| Issuer | Gergis |
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| Year | 500 BC - 400 BC |
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| Value | Tetrobol (⅔) |
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| Reverse description | Helmeted head of Athena facing left, depicted in fine archaic style with a Corinthian helmet pushed back on the head, revealing facial features rendered with careful detail including a prominent nose, defined lips, and beaded hair falling behind the neck. The portrait is set within a shallow incuse square with slightly concave sides, a hallmark of early fifth-century BC Troas mint technique. The field within the incuse is plain, with no surrounding legend or inscription. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Additional information |
Gergis was a small Troad settlement whose coinage remains poorly attributed in the literature — some scholars have assigned these pieces to Gergis near the Hellespont, others to a similarly named site, and the debate is not fully resolved. What is consistent is the narrow weight standard, which aligns with the reduced Attic or local Troad fractional series circulating among minor poleis during this century. Tiny regional fractions like this typically served intra-market exchange rather than long-distance trade.