Tetartemorion (Ancient Greek: τεταρτημόριον tetartēmorion) is the name of a silver coin minted in ancient Greece, valued at 1/4 of an obol. Its name means "quarter part", from tetarton, meaning a fourth, and morion part, portion.[1]

Emporiai (Empúries)
First side of the image: Head right
Second side of the image: Pegasus.

The weight at Athens was about 0.15-0.18 grams.

References

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  1. Corfù Nicolas, Assur (2017-01-01). "The Tetartemorion, the smallest pre-Hellenistic silver-coin". XV International Numismatic Congress Taormina 2015 Proceedings. doi:10.5451/UNIBAS-EP64101.