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Trihemiobol
| Issuer | Sinope |
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| Year | 400 BC - 350 BC |
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| Value | Trihemiobol (1/4) |
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| Obverse description | Youthful male head facing left, identified as Hermes, wearing a petasos (traveller's hat); the face displays a short, close-cropped beard rendered in fine relief, characteristic of the early Classical Greek engraving style. The portrait fills the flan with bold, confident modelling, typical of Pontic mint production of the early fourth century BC. |
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| Reverse description | A money-changer's or banker's table depicted in profile, rendered schematically in incuse relief; the table's legs and horizontal surface are clearly delineated. The Greek legend TPA appears above the table, serving as an abbreviated ethnic reference to the city of Trapezus or, as conventionally attributed for this type, as a mint or magistrate mark associated with Sinope's coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse lettering | TPA |
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