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Trihemiobol
| Issuer | Perrhaiboi |
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| Year | 450 BC - 430 BC |
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| Weight | 1.36 g |
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| Reverse description | Helmeted male figure, likely a warrior or hero, seated to the right on a klismos chair, wearing a short chiton and boots. He holds a round shield in his left hand, examining or adjusting it, while his right hand rests at his side. The letters Π, Ε, Ρ, and Α are disposed in the field around the central figure, serving as the ethnic abbreviation for the Perrhaiboi. The composition is rendered in incuse square with a plain field, typical of Thessalian fractional silver coinage of this period. |
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| Mintage | ND (450 BC - 430 BC) |
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The Perrhaiboi were a Thessalian people whose political status during this period was effectively subordinate — they were a perioikic group under Thessalian domination rather than a fully autonomous polis, which makes their independent coin production historically pointed. That a dependent people struck their own silver coinage at all suggests either a moment of loosened Thessalian control or a locally tolerated monetary arrangement serving regional trade needs.