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Trihemiobol
| Issuer | Delphi |
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| Year | 450 BC - 400 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Mint | Delphi |
| Mintage | ND (450 BC - 400 BC) |
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Delphi's independent coinage reflects the sanctuary's unusual political status — the city functioned less as a conventional polis than as a Panhellenic religious center administered by the Amphictyonic League, giving it the authority to strike its own silver despite limited civic infrastructure. Production was almost certainly tied to the sanctuary economy: festival fees, dedications converted to specie, and the enormous volume of exchange surrounding the Pythian Games every four years.
The trihemiobol denomination — one and a half obols — served small transactions at the sanctuary precinct level.