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| Issuer | Kallatis |
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| Year | 300 BC - 201 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted head of Athena facing right, depicted in profile with a Corinthian or Attic helmet; the surfaces are heavily worn and encrusted with olive-green and dark brown patina consistent with prolonged burial. The flan is irregular and slightly off-center, characteristic of hand-struck civic bronze coinage of the western Pontic region. The relief is low and details are largely obscured by corrosion. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Kallatis, the Dorian colony on the western Black Sea coast, maintained a fiercely independent civic identity despite persistent pressure from neighboring Lysimacheia and later Macedonian successors. The city fought a prolonged war against Lysimachos of Thrace around 313–309 BC, during which coinage production likely continued as a matter of civic assertion as much as economic necessity. Small bronzes of this class circulated locally for retail transactions at a period when silver issues were reserved for larger commercial dealings.