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Trihemiobol
| Issuer | Delphi |
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| Year | 450 BC - 400 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Head of a ram in profile to the left, rendered in bold archaic relief with textured fleece detail. A dolphin swimming to the left is visible in the lower field beneath the ram's head. The style is characteristic of Phokian federal or Delphic civic coinage of the late Classical period, with strong, compact modeling of the animal's features. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Delphi's own civic coinage is frequently overshadowed by the sanctuary's pan-Hellenic fame, but these small silver fractions served genuine commercial needs in a town that hosted pilgrims, theoroi, and merchants from across the Greek world. The sanctuary controlled considerable wealth through dedications and the administration of the Pythian Games, and local fractional coinage facilitated the low-value transactions that larger Aeginetan or Attic denominations could not.
The BCD Lokris references place this piece within the Boiotia, Central Greece, and Euboia collection assembled by a single specialist collector — the BCD sales remain the definitive reference points for attributing Delphic fractions at this weight class.