Without a confirmed mint attribution, this piece joins a large body of fourth-century Greek civic bronzes that remain unassigned despite decades of die study. The explosion of small bronze coinage across the Greek world during this century was itself a relatively new phenomenon — fiduciary bronze for everyday transactions only became widely accepted in Greek cities from roughly the 400s onward, displacing the need to cut fractional silver.
At 1.65g, the weight falls within the looser end of the chalkon range, which varied considerably by issuing city.
Without a confirmed mint attribution, this piece joins a large body of fourth-century Greek civic bronzes that remain unassigned despite decades of die study. The explosion of small bronze coinage across the Greek world during this century was itself a relatively new phenomenon — fiduciary bronze for everyday transactions only became widely accepted in Greek cities from roughly the 400s onward, displacing the need to cut fractional silver.
At 1.65g, the weight falls within the looser end of the chalkon range, which varied considerably by issuing city.