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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 4947901, member: 57495&quot;]They sometimes did.&nbsp; Δ-I-O on the reverse of the Leukas silver fraction below stands for <i>diobol</i> (2 obols). </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1189309[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>AKARNANIA, Leukas</b></p><p>AR Diobol. 0.81g, 11.9mm. AKARNANIA, Leukas, circa 450-400 BC. BCD Akarnania 183. O: Pegasos right with curled wing; Λ, below. R: Δ-I-O, Pegasos facing slightly left, rearing up on hind legs, wings spread.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not very visible on my example below, but the reverse of this issue is marked with T-P-I-H, for <i>trihemiobol</i> (1.5 obols).&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1189310[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>CORINTHIA, Corinth</b></p><p>AR Trihemiobol. 0.61g, 9.5mm. CORINTHIA, Corinth, circa 450-400 BC. BCD Corinth 47-8; SNG Cop 25. O: Pegasos flying left. R: T-P-I-H, facing gorgoneion in incuse square.</p><p><br /></p><p>Similarly, on the reverse of the Mamertinoi bronze that [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER] shared in the OP, you see Π (P) for <i>pentonkion</i>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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