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Chalkon - Metrodoros
| Issuer | Smyrna |
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| Year | 170 BC - 145 BC |
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| Weight | 1.7 g |
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| Reverse description | A stepped altar with a conical or pointed lid and three decorative feet, shown in frontal view at center field. The altar type is closely associated with the civic religious iconography of Smyrna. The magistrate's name and city ethnic appear divided in two lines or segments around the altar, reading ΣMYΡ and MHTΡOΔΩΣ, identifying the issuing city and the eponymous magistrate Metrodoros responsible for the emission. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΣMYΡ MHTΡOΔΩΣ |
| Edge | Plain |
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