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Chalkon
| Issuer | Phalanna |
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| Year | 400 BC - 350 BC |
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| Weight | 1.95 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare youthful male head facing right, identified tentatively as Ares, wearing a crested Attic helmet with earflaps lowered. The facial features are rendered with fine detail, displaying a strong profile characteristic of Thessalian coinage of the period. The design is set within a beaded border that frames the entire field. The helmet crest rises prominently above the head, lending the effigy a martial character consistent with the deity's iconography. |
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| Reverse description | A bridled horse prancing to the right, depicted with animated energy and a distinctively curled tail, rendered in a vigorous if somewhat archaic artistic style typical of Thessalian bronzes. The horse is shown with all four legs off the ground in a lively prancing posture, conveying motion and vitality. The ethnic legend of Phalanna is distributed around the field in Greek characters. The design occupies the full flan within an irregular border. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΦΑΛΑ ΝΝΑΙ ΩΝ |
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