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Triobol
| Issuer | Kleitor |
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| Year | 300 BC - 260 BC |
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| Value | 1 Triobol = 1/2 Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Facing head of Helios, depicted full-face at center, wearing a radiate crown of long straight rays emanating from the hair in all directions. The facial features are rendered in fine relief with large eyes, a broad nose, and slightly parted lips. A wreath of laurel or leaves crowns the head beneath the rays, characteristic of the Arcadian coinage style of the early Hellenistic period. |
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| Reverse description | A bull butting to the left, depicted in dynamic profile with lowered head and powerful musculature, rendered in high relief on a plain exergual line. Above the bull's back, the abbreviated ethnic legend ΚΛΗ (for Kleitor) appears in Greek characters in the upper field. The composition conveys vigorous movement and is characteristic of Arkadian civic coinage of the early Hellenistic period. |
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Kleitor was a small polis in the highland interior of Arkadia, perpetually overshadowed by more powerful neighbors and only sporadically attested as an independent issuing authority. Its coinage is rare enough that the BCD collection — arguably the most comprehensive Peloponnesian hoard ever assembled — produced only a handful of attributable pieces, making individual specimens significant data points for establishing the city's monetary activity in the early Hellenistic period.