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Trihemiobol
| Issuer | Pelinna |
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| Year | 430 BC - 400 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered, Incuse |
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| Reverse description | Nude male warrior, identified as a Thessalian hero or soldier, striding vigorously to the right in a dynamic pose rendered in incuse relief. The figure carries a large round shield on his left arm, covering much of his torso, and appears to thrust forward with his right arm. The athletic, energetic treatment of the human form reflects Archaic Greek artistic conventions. The design is set within a shallow incuse square, as is characteristic of early Thessalian silver coinage. The field surrounding the figure bears the ethnic legend identifying the issuing city. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΠEΛINN (Translation: The Pelinnaeians) |
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Pelinna was a Thessalian city in the Histiaeotis region whose autonomous coinage is poorly documented relative to its larger neighbors. The trihemiobol denomination — one and a half obols — points to a monetized local economy sophisticated enough to require fractional silver well below the obol, suggesting active small-scale market exchange rather than purely inter-polis transactions. The BCD Thessaly II reference places this among the coins assembled by the Leu Numismatik collection, whose systematic cataloging of Thessalian issues in the early 2000s remains the foundational reference for the region.