Chalkon

Orchomenos in Arcadia — distinct from its better-known Boeotian namesake — was a minor polis that nonetheless maintained independent bronze coinage into the Hellenistic period, a persistence worth noting given the political turbulence following the dissolution of the Arcadian League after 362 BC. The chalkon was among the smallest fractional bronze denominations in Greek municipal coinage, and issues from smaller Arcadian towns at this scale are sparsely documented. BCD 1581 places this piece within a tightly catalogued collection that remains the primary reference for Peloponnesian bronzes of this class.