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Chalkon
| Issuer | Ilion |
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| Year | 188 BC - 133 BC |
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| Value | Chalkon (1⁄48) |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Ilion — the city built atop the ruins of Troy — enjoyed a political resurgence after Antiochus III's defeat at Magnesia in 189 BC transferred Aeolian cities to Pergamene influence. The city cultivated its Trojan mythology aggressively as a civic identity tool, and small bronzes like this chalkon circulated locally through a period when Ilion was lobbying Rome for tax exemptions, successfully granted in 188 BC, on the basis that Romans were descended from Trojan refugees.
The series referenced under SNG Copenhagen 364 belongs to a municipal bronze coinage that ceased with Attalid territory passing to Rome after Attalus III's bequest in 133 BC.