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Trihemiobol
| Issuer | Stagira |
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| Year | 520 BC - 489 BC |
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| Value | Trihemiobol (1/4) |
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| Obverse description | Forepart of a horse advancing to the left rendered in archaic style, with the animal's neck and head depicted in profile and the forelegs extended. Below the horse, three flower buds are arranged in the field, serving as a characteristic mint symbol of Stagira. The design is bold and stylized, consistent with early northern Aegean coinage of the late Archaic period. The flan is irregular and slightly convex, as typical of hand-struck issues of this era. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Stagira is remembered today almost exclusively as the birthplace of Aristotle, born there around 384 BC, but the city's coinage predates him by over a century. A member of the Chalcidian colonial network on the Thracian coast, Stagira minted independently before Philip II of Macedon destroyed the city in 348 BC — later rebuilding it at Aristotle's personal request, according to ancient sources.
Surviving examples are rare enough that die links between specimens have proved difficult to establish with confidence.