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Dichalkon

Issuer Peparethos
Year 300 BC - 200 BC
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Reference(s) SNG Copenhagen#363, SNG Munich 1#563
Obverse description Helmeted head of Athena facing right, wearing a Corinthian helmet, rendered in low relief with broad, stylized features characteristic of northern Aegean bronze coinage of the 3rd century BC. The neck and hair are visible beneath the helmet cheekpiece. The design is set within a dotted border encircling the entire flan.
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Reverse description Kantharos (wine cup) depicted centrally with two prominent handles extending outward, set above a decorative base or table element. The vessel is rendered in a schematic, frontal view typical of Hellenistic civic bronze coinage. The ethnic inscription is divided around the kantharos in the field. The whole design is contained within a dotted border on an irregularly shaped flan.
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Reverse lettering ΠΕΠΑΡΗθ
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