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Chalkon
| Issuer | Miletos |
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| Year | 250 BC - 190 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A lion advancing to the right in the field, rendered in the bold, stylized manner characteristic of Milesian bronze coinage of the Hellenistic period. The feline figure is depicted in full stride with head raised. A Greek magistrate's name legend appears in the field, attributing this issue to a specific civic official. The reverse fabric is typical of hammered bronze, with an irregular flan and surface patination. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Miletos had been a shadow of its Archaic self by this period — the city sacked by the Persians in 494 BC never fully recovered its dominance as an Aegean trading hub. Bronze small change of this type circulated under Seleucid influence as the region passed between competing Hellenistic powers through the third and second centuries. The chalkon denomination sat at the lower end of the bronze fraction hierarchy, a workhorse of local market transactions rather than interstate commerce.