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Trieros, Trihemiobol (1 1/2 obol) — Quadripartite incuse square (CN type 1886)

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 450–400 BC

Issuing entity

Thrace

Trihemiobol (1 1/2 obol) in silver struck at Trieros in Thrace, dated c. 450–400 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 1886 (period: Classical Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Forepart of prancing horse, right. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square, within Ethnic. Legend: ΤΡΙΗ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 0.38 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 9 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Imhoof-Blumer, L'inscription TPIH sur des monnaies grecques antiques 13, 1873, p. 2, nr. 5; Psôma, Monnaies de poids réduit d'Alexandre I et de Perdiccas II de Macédoine, 1999, p. 273-282; Tzamalēs, Mnēmē Martin Jessop Price:, Athēna 1996, p. 104-110.

Evidence at a glance

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Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics

Material
silver
Denomination
Trihemiobol (1 1/2 obol)
Recorded diameter
9 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
0.38 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Trieros
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Forepart of prancing horse, right.
Reverse type
Quadripartite incuse square, within Ethnic.
Reverse legend
ΤΡΙΗ

Identification

Period
Classical Period
How to identify
Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1886
Type corpus identifier
CN type 1886

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