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Chalkon
| Issuer | Pelinna |
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| Year | 325 BC - 300 BC |
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| Reference(s) | BCD Thessaly II#517, HGC 4#279 |
| Obverse description | Helmeted horseman advancing to right in dynamic martial pose, his right arm raised and extended to deliver a spear-thrust against an unseen adversary. The rider is depicted in the Thessalian tradition of equestrian combat imagery, the horse shown at full gallop with forelegs raised. The composition fills the flan within a dotted border, the whole rendered in bold, if somewhat archaic, relief characteristic of late Classical Thessalian bronze coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΠΕΛΙΝНΑΙΚОН (Translation: The Pelinnaians) |
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Pelinna was a minor Thessalian polis in the Hestiaeotis region, and its independent bronze coinage is sparse enough that the BCD collection represented one of the primary means by which this series was even properly sequenced. The late fourth century dating places production squarely within the period of Macedonian hegemony over Thessaly following Philip II's reorganization of the region after 352 BC, when Thessalian cities retained nominal autonomy but operated firmly within the Macedonian orbit.
HGC 4, 279 records this type as scarce.