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Chalkon
| Issuer | Troezen (Argolis) |
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| Year | 325 BC - 300 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Athena facing left, depicted in three-quarter profile with hair swept back and rendered in fine strands. The goddess wears no helmet in this instance, presenting a youthful, idealized visage characteristic of late Classical Peloponnesian bronze coinage. The portrait is rendered in moderately high relief against a plain, unadorned field. No legend or inscription accompanies the obverse type. |
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| Reverse description | A trident displayed upright at center, its three prongs rising prominently, with decorative scroll-work or volutes adorning the base of the shaft — an allusion to Poseidon, the principal deity of Troezen in ancient mythology. The abbreviated civic ethnic ΤΡΟ (for Troezenioi) appears to the right of the trident in Greek characters, set within a plain, unbordered field. The design is bold and well-centered, typical of small bronze civic coinage of the late fourth century BC. |
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| Mint | Troezen |
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