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Chalkon
| Issuer | Melitaia |
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| Year | 375 BC - 325 BC |
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| Value | Chalkon (1⁄48) |
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| Reverse description | A bee depicted facing upward with wings fully outstretched, occupying the central field in a naturalistic yet stylized rendering typical of Thessalian civic bronzes. The ethnic legend of Melitaia is divided into four Greek letters arranged around the bee: Μ and Ε above to the left and right respectively, and Λ and Ι below to the left and right. The composition is well-centered within the irregular flan, with no border ornament visible. |
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| Mintage | ND (375 BC - 325 BC) |
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Melitaia was a small Thessalian polis in the Enipeus valley, a member of the Thessalian League whose coinage output was modest enough that even well-documented series remain sparsely represented in major collections. The BCD Thessaly II corpus — assembled by the collector known only as BCD whose Thessalian holdings were dispersed at auction by Nomos in 2011 — remains the primary reference precisely because institutional coverage is so thin.
Rogers #396 places this type within a tight chronological bracket that coincides with Thessaly's turbulent relationship with the Macedonian expansion under Philip II.