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Chalkous
| Issuer | Knidos (Caria) |
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| Year | 300 BC - 200 BC |
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| Reference(s) | Waddington#2325 |
| Obverse description | Bare head of Aphrodite, patron deity of Knidos, facing right, rendered in a simple archaic style typical of small Carian bronze coinage of the Hellenistic period. The facial features, though worn, retain traces of delicate modeling around the brow and cheek. No legend or inscription appears in the field. |
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| Reverse description | Prow of a war galley (trireme) depicted facing right, with horizontal oar banks and a ram clearly delineated in low relief. The civic abbreviation ΚΝΙ (for ΚΝΙΔΙΩΝ, 'of the Knidians') appears above the prow in Greek characters. The design is contained within a plain, irregularly shaped flan characteristic of small hammered bronze issues. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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