-
citizens - thus
making Cyme's
rough incuse horse head
silver fractions,
Hemiobols, a
candidate for the
title of the
Second Oldest coins - and the first...
- for
retailing on a large-scale
basis were
likely small silver fractions,
Hemiobol,
Ancient Gr****
coinage minted by the
Ionian Gr****s in the late
sixth century...
- Ionia,
uncertain city (possibly Kyme, Aeolis) 600–550 BCE,
Hemiobol.
Horse head,
rough incuse...
-
Tritartemorion 3
tetartemoria 0.54
grams Τριταρτημόριον (τριτημόριον)
Hemiobol 2
tetartemoria (1⁄2 obol) 0.36
grams Ἡμιωβέλιον (ἡμιωβόλιον) Trihemitetartemorion...
- for
retailing on a large-scale
basis were
likely small silver fractions,
Hemiobol,
Ancient Gr****
coinage minted in Cyme (Aeolis)
under Hermo**** II then...
-
include coins worth one and one-half ("trihemiobol")
obols and half
obols ("
hemiobol"). The
fourth century BC
diversified further with some
minted obols worth...
- A
hemiobol coin of
Cleopatra VII
struck in 31 BC (the year she and Mark
Antony lost the
Battle of Actium),
showing her
wearing the
royal diadem...
-
avoided weighing silver for
small transactions because the
symbol on the
hemiobol was
enough to
verify its value. Two late Gr****
sources record that King...
- A
hemiobol coin of
Cleopatra VII
struck in 32/31 BC,
showing her
wearing a
royal diadem...
-
Corinthian hemiobol. Obverse:
Pegasus with
koppa beneath, for Corinth. Reverse:
Aphrodite wearing a
sakkos headband....
