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Trihemiobol
| Issuer | Corinth |
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| Year | 450 BC - 400 BC |
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| Reference(s) | BMC Greek#109-110 |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Facing gorgoneion (head of the Gorgon Medusa) depicted full face at centre, rendered with characteristic archaic features including a wide grimacing mouth, protruding tongue, and a beaded or serpentine headdress. The gorgoneion fills the incuse square field, a device commonly employed on Corinthian fractional silver coinage of this period. The letters H, T, I, and P appear in the four corners of the incuse field, serving as control marks or denominational indicators. The treatment of the face exhibits the transition from the archaic to early classical style. |
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Corinth's fractional silver coinage of this period operated within a weight standard derived from the Corinthian stater, itself pegged at roughly 8.6 grams — meaning this denomination sat at three half-obols, a subdivision that required extraordinary precision from die cutters working at minimal scale. The mint's output fed one of the busiest commercial ports in the Aegean world, where small change mattered enormously for daily transactions at the diolkos and the emporion.
BMC 109–110 represents a narrow die grouping, suggesting limited but focused production runs rather than continuous striking.