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Tritetartemorion
| Issuer | Mende (Macedon) |
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| Year | 460 BC - 423 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Mint | Mende, Chalcidian District, modern-day Kalandra, Greece |
| Mintage | ND (460 BC - 423 BC) |
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Mende was one of the more prolific wine-exporting cities on the Chalcidice peninsula, and its coinage circulated widely through trade networks stretching across the northern Aegean. The tritetartemorion — three-quarters of a tetartemorion — belongs to a fractional denomination system so finely subdivided that scholars still debate its practical utility in daily transactions. Pieces this small likely served retail exchange in local markets rather than long-distance commerce.
The multiple concordant references across AMNG, SNG ANS, and HGC suggest a reasonably documented type, though surviving examples at this weight remain genuinely scarce.