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Chalkon

Issuer	Larissa Kremaste
Year	302 BC - 286 BC
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Value	Chalkon (1⁄48)
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Obverse description	Bust of a nymph facing right, rendered in fine archaic-transitional Greek style. The hair is elaborately dressed, drawn back from the face in rolled locks above the forehead and temples, with the remaining tresses falling loosely behind the neck. The facial features are delicately rendered, with a well-defined profile characteristic of Thessalian bronze coinage of the early Hellenistic period. The field is plain, with no legend or inscription.
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Reverse description	A harpa (the sickle-shaped sword of mythological tradition) depicted upright at center, with the hook of the blade curving to the left, set within a circular olive wreath tied at the base. The abbreviated ethnic legend ΛΑΡ appears within the wreath flanking the harpa, identifying the issuing city of Larissa Kremaste. The wreath is rendered with naturalistic leaf detail characteristic of Thessalian bronze issues of this period.
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Reverse lettering	ΛΑΡ
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