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Chalkon
| Issuer | Trikka |
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| Year | 400 BC - 344 BC |
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| Weight | 3.15 g |
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| Obverse description | Bust of the eponymous nymph Trikka facing right, rendered in fine archaic-to-classical transitional style. The effigy displays softly modelled facial features with a graceful profile, adorned with a pendant earring visible below the earlobe. The hair is elaborately dressed in rolled or bound fashion, drawn back from the forehead and secured at the nape, characteristic of late 5th- to 4th-century Thessalian coin portraiture. The field is plain, with no legend or exergual inscription on this side. |
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| Reverse description | A fully armed warrior strides vigorously to the right in a dynamic martial pose, wearing a Corinthian helmet and a short chiton. He brandishes a short sword (xiphos) in his extended right hand and bears a large round hoplite shield on his left arm, the shield's interior revealing a hippocamp device to the right. The ethnic legend ΤΡΙΚΚ ΑΙΩΝ is disposed in two parts within the field, identifying the issuing city of Trikka in Thessaly. The overall composition reflects the bold, energetic engraving style typical of Thessalian bronzes of this period. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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