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Chalkon
| Issuer | Meliboia |
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| Year | 352 BC - 344 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Facing right, the youthful head of a local nymph rendered in archaic Greek style, adorned with a wheat-ear diadem encircling her hair, a plain beaded necklace at her throat, and a pendant earring. The portraiture reflects the regional Thessalian artistic tradition of the mid-fourth century BC, with finely detailed coiffure elements. The field is plain and unlettered. |
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| Mintage | ND (352 BC - 344 BC) |
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Meliboia was a small coastal settlement in Magnesia, the narrow strip of eastern Thessaly running along the Aegean. Its autonomous bronze coinage is extremely limited in volume, reflecting a town of modest political weight that nonetheless exercised enough independence to strike its own issues during the mid-fourth century. The BCD collection remains the primary reference point for this series, with very few specimens documented outside major European cabinets.