Greek Coin: Tetrobol

Inv. No.: c001
Provenance: Torone (Terone),
Date: c. 480-424(?) B.C.
Weight: 2.36g
 
Obv.: Oinochoe (a container for ladling wine from a bowl to cups), dividing T-E, border of dots.

Rev.: Shallow, quadripartite incuse square, surface granulated.

Torone, or Terone, situated on the Sithonian peninsula, was a prosperous Chalcidian colony. During the supremacy of Athens, to which period this coin belongs, the town seems to have struck no larger denomination than the tetrobol. The fact that it contributed from six to twelve talents every year to Athens, however, indicates that it was a place of importance.

The oinochoe is appropriate: Torone was famous for its wine.

Presented by the Classics and Ancient History Students Society.

Comparanda:
BMCG, Macedonia, Terone 7-8.