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Chalkon

Issuer Psophis
Year 350 BC - 300 BC
Type Standard circulation coin
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Reverse lettering ΨΩΦI
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Mintage ND (350 BC - 300 BC)
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Psophis was a small Arkadian city perched in the steep valley where the Aroanios and Erymanthos rivers meet — geographically isolated enough that its independent coinage output was minimal and its bronze issues are rarely encountered today. The city appears in ancient sources primarily for its mythological associations and its shifting political allegiances during the turbulent decades following the dissolution of the Arkadian League after Mantineia in 362 BC. That this bronze was struck at all during this period suggests a functioning local civic economy despite the city's marginal regional standing.

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