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Dichalkon
| Issuer | Orchomenos of Arcadia |
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| Year | 350 BC - 300 BC |
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| Value | Dichalkon (1⁄24) |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted head of Athena in right profile, rendered in high relief with bold, archaic stylization characteristic of Arcadian bronze coinage of the late Classical period. The goddess wears a Corinthian helmet pushed back on her head, with the cheekpieces raised, revealing her facial features in fine detail. The hair flows in loose locks beneath the helmet bowl, framing the neck. The surfaces show the characteristic green patination of ancient bronze, with the portrait occupying the majority of the flan. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Orchomenos in Arcadia — distinct from the better-known Boeotian city of the same name — was a minor polis whose independent bronze coinage reflects the fragmented political geography of the central Peloponnese following the collapse of the Arcadian League after 362 BC. The League's failure at the Battle of Mantinea effectively ended any unified Arcadian monetary policy, leaving individual cities to issue their own small bronzes.
The BCD collection, assembled by a single anonymous European collector over decades, remains the primary reference corpus for Peloponnesian bronzes precisely because institutional collections largely ignored this material.