Catalog
Dichalkon
| Issuer | Phalanna |
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| Year | 400 BC - 344 BC |
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| Weight | 4.3 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of a young male figure facing right, rendered in archaic Greek style with softly modeled features and curling hair. The effigy displays the characteristic naturalism of Thessalian coinage of the fourth century BC, with the head occupying the majority of the flan. The field is plain, with no accompanying legend or inscription. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Phalanna was a minor Thessalian city in the Perrhaebian region, and its civic bronze issues are among the least documented in the Greek world. The city essentially disappears from the historical record after Philip II of Macedon reorganized Thessaly following his decisive intervention there in 344 BC — which provides the hard terminus for this type. Rogers 453 is the standard citation, though surviving specimens are scarce enough that die studies remain incomplete.