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Chalkon
| Issuer | Epidauros |
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| Year | 300 BC - 250 BC |
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| Value | Chalkon (1⁄48) |
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| Reverse description | Large epsilon (Ε), initial of Epidauros, displayed prominently at centre within a laurel wreath, the branches tied at the base. Below the wreath, the letter sigma (Σ) appears in the lower field, serving as a secondary civic identifier or magistrate's mark. The overall design is bold and schematic, consistent with small-denomination bronze issues of the Argolid region during the early Hellenistic period. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Epidauros was among the most visited sanctuaries in the ancient Greek world, the Asklepieion there drawing the sick and injured from across the Mediterranean in numbers that demanded a local bronze coinage for everyday transactions at the sanctuary precinct. This small chalkon almost certainly passed through the hands of pilgrims rather than merchants — paying for sacrificial animals, votive offerings, or lodging within the temenos.
The BCD Peloponnesos reference traces to the collection of a single specialist whose holdings defined modern understanding of Peloponnesian civic bronzes; his lot 1245.5 remains the benchmark attribution for this type.