I was amazed how many "TRI" denominations that are out there. Please post your THREE Unit Denominations or One-Third Unit Denominations! THREE- UNIT DENOMINATIONS Tri-Hemi-Obol Thasos AR TriHemiObol Satyr running Kulix Amphora 411-350BCE 0.69g 12mm SNGCop 1030 Tri-Shekel Carthage AE Trishekel Tanit Horse 220-215 BCE 2nd Punic War 30mm 19.7g Lot 36 Tri-Obol Cherronesos AR Hemi-Drachm - TriObol Lion X-dot amphora Seaby-Sear Vol I 1606 Trias (1/3rd Unit) Sicily Akragas AE Trias 23mm 8.5g 287-241 BCE Beardless Zeus Hellanios 2 Eagles tearing at rabbit hare in talons HGC 2 159 1/3rd of an AS (4 Uncia of 12 to an As) Roman Republic Aes Grave Anon 280-276 BCE Triens 46mm 90.3g 9.3mm thick Tbolt-Dolphin Rome Crawford 14-3 T Vecchi 3 Roman Republic Anon 157-156 Triens - rare - agora - craw 198b-3 sear 989 Please post your THREE Unit Denominations or One-Third Unit Denominations!
I guess having 1/3s means you can count 4s as 3s... Bronze trias (tetronkion or 1/3 litra), 440-430BC, Akragas (Sicily), 17.5mm, 15.33g. Eagle and Crab. Four pellets (mark of value) on base (CNS I, 1; SNG ANS 1015-7; HGC 2, 126).
YUP! If there is 12 Uniciae / Onkia to an As / Unit, then 4 dots become 1/3 of the unit! (See my 2 Triens in the OP) @robinjojo and @John Conduitt , I was hoping you would toss out those cool coins! I really like them both!
Tarrifed at Three-Denarii Mysia, Pergamum (Pergamon) 85-76 BCE Cista Mystica or Cistophoric Tetradrachm AR Tetradrachm 12.46g x 26 mm Obverse: Cista mystica with serpent; all within oak / ivy wreath Reverse: bow-case with serpents, PRE monogram to left, KP / PRY monogram above, serpent-staff right. Ref: Kleiner 36 My recollections from Harl were that earlier issues of the Cisto to Denarius were 1:3, especially through Republican Rome and early principate. This was due to their LOW AR WEIGHT as a Tetradrachm. Later, when they devalued the Denarius, it was tarriffed at 1:4. I do not have my book at my fingertips. However, his “Coinage of the Roman Economy...” was a great read to get a nice overview of the whats and whys. I enjoyed it.
Here is a trihemistater (1.5 staters): A cistophorus (three denarii): And a trite for the opposite side of the fraction:
Beautifull coins! Esp. Ancient Joe/ Alegandron/ Andres2/robinjojo/John Conduitt Here are some of mine.... Visigoths/ Spain/ Erwig 680-87AD AV Tremissis ND Cordoba Mint Axumite Empire/ Endybis AV 1/3 Aureus ND 270-90AD Byzantine Empire/ Constantine IV/ AV Tremissis/ Constantinople Mint 668-75AD Visigoths/ Spain/ Tulga 639-42AD / AV Tremissis/ Cordoba Mint Byzantine Empire/ Anastasius I/ AV Tremissis ND/ Constantinople Mint/ Struck circa 495-505AD Merovingian Empire/ Neustria/ Angflus(Moneyer) AV Triens ND/ Quentovic Mint/ under Chlotar II 630-50AD Eastern Roman Empire/ Leo I / AV Tremissis ND Constantinople/ 457-74AD Western Roman Empire/ Honorius 393-423AD/ AV Tremissis ND Mediolanum Mint Merovingian Empire/ Neustria/ AV Triens ND Orleans Mint/ Angiulfus (Moneyer) 620-40AD/
Here are a couple of triassaria of Julia Domna. This one is from Anchialus and marked with a gamma (=3), a variant of the coin that is not described in the standard references. Julia Domna, AD 193-217. Roman provincial triassarion, 10.88 gm, 26.8 mm, 7 h. Thrace, Anchialos, AD 193-211. Obv: ΙΟVΛΙΑ-ΔΟΜΝΑ C, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: ΑΓΧΙΑΛ-ЄΩΝ, Demeter seated left, holding grain ears and scepter; Γ (mark of value = 3) in exergue. Refs: AMNG II (Strack) 503 var.; Varbanov II 297 var.; Moushmov 2840 var. I also have a triassarion of Julia Domna from nearby Tomis, also marked with a gamma: Julia Domna AD 193-217. Roman provincial AE triassarion, 8.75 gm, 24.4 mm, 6 h. Moesia Inferior, Tomis, AD 193-211. Obv: ΙΟVΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ CE, bare-headed and draped bust, r. Rev: ΜΗΤ ΠΟΝ ΤΟΜΕΩC, Nike advancing l., holding wreath and palm, retrograde Γ (=3) to left. Refs: Varbanov 4857; AMNG 2811. Notes: Die match to lot 307, A Tkalek AG Antike Numismatik Auktion 41, 24 Oct 2003, which is the coin at Wildwinds: http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/julia_domna/_tomis_Varbanov_4857.jpg
1-1/2 Shekels or a TriDrachm Carthage mint 2nd Punic War 203-201 BCE BI 1½ Shekels / TriDrachmae 24mm 9.4 g Wreathed Headd Tanit - Horse stndng R hd L, raised foreleg Pellet between back legs SNG COP 394 Ex: Praefectus
I disagree here. A trias is 1/3 of the unit so that would be four onkia. Three onkia would be a tetras. Similarly, in Rome, the four dot coin was the 1/3 as (triens) while the three dot coin was the 1/4 as (quadrans). Three times four equals twelve and the unit was divided in twelfths.
THESSALY, Pharsalos AE Trichalkon. 8.65g, 22.1mm. THESSALY, Pharsalos, 3rd century BC. HGC 4, 650 (R1); BCD Thessaly II 672.4. O: Helmeted head of Athena Parthenos facing slightly left, with shield and spear over shoulder. R: ΦAP, Armored Thessalian warrior on horse rearing right, brandishing flail at enemy warrior fleeing to right; soldier behind to left. Ex BCD Collection, with handwritten tag noting, "Found nr. Loutro, Bt. Nov. 86, 2000 drs" HADRIAN AR Tridrachm. 9.34g, 24.8mm. CILICIA, Aegeae, CY 164 (AD 117/8). Prieur 716; SNG Levante 1713-4; SNG BN 2328; RPC III 3335/5 (this coin). O: ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС СЄΒ, Laureate bust right, slight drapery. R: ΑΙΓЄΑΙΩΝ, Amaltheia standing facing, head right, holding cornucopia and infant Zeus, who is holding wreath aloft; at feet to right, goat kneeling right, head left; ЄΤΟΥС ΔΞΡ (date) in legend. Ex Michel Prieur Collection; ex Garth R. Drewry Collection
Anyone with one of the Corinthian staters, including those of her colonies, has a three drachma coin as their staters were of three drachmas whereas most other staters from the Greeks were of two drachmas.
Very nice coin, @kevin McGonigal ... I like the Pegasos. Is that a QOPPA underneath? what is the weight and size?
Yes, that is a Qoppa beneath Pegasus. The weight is 8.6 grams and has a diameter of 22mm. I must admit that I find these Corinthian Colts among my most beautiful coins. I collect Roman because they are interesting but Greek because they are beautiful. (I also collect Byzantine but why I don't know. I find them to be neither all that interesting and not very attractive at all). I am going to post a Corinthian Colony of Thourion, if I can find it. Even though it is a fouree, a plated coin, it, too, is a beautiful coin. Notice the fine detail. Perhaps it actually was from the official mint at Thourion during a time of fiscal austerity. Impressive at how sharp the is the face. If this was a forgery, the Thourion mint should have hired him as a celator. It is lighter at 6.39 grams and 21 mm. Notice the theta below her chin.