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Chalkon
| Issuer | Pheneos |
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| Year | 370 BC - 340 BC |
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| Reference(s) | BCD Peloponnesos#1609 |
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| Reverse description | A ram standing in profile to the right, rendered in fine relief with carefully detailed fleece and musculature; a kerykeion (caduceus) is placed above the animal's back in the upper field. The ethnic inscription ΦΕ appears to the right of the ram, identifying the issuing city of Pheneos in abbreviated Greek letters. The composition fills the flan in a compact, well-centred design characteristic of Arkadian bronze coinage of the fourth century BC. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Pheneos was an Arkadian city whose civic coinage in bronze reflects the broader monetization push across the Peloponnese during the fourth century, a period when smaller bronze denominations began supplementing silver in local exchange for the first time. The city's output was never large, and the BCD collection — assembled by a single anonymous European collector over decades — remains the primary reference framework for attributing these minor Arkadian bronzes, many of which survive in only a handful of specimens.