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Dichalkon

Issuer	Thessaloniki
Year	187 BC - 31 BC
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Value	Dichalkon (1⁄24)
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Obverse description	Two jugate male heads facing right, identifiable as the Dioskouroi (Castor and Pollux), rendered in low relief in the Hellenistic style. Each figure wears the characteristic pileos, the conical cap associated with the twin deities. The design occupies the central field of the flan, with no surrounding legend. The surfaces exhibit heavy patination consistent with prolonged burial, with the raised relief showing through a layer of green and brown encrustation.
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Reverse description	Central field bearing a thunderbolt in low relief, a symbol closely associated with Zeus and commonly employed on the civic bronze coinage of Macedonian Thessaloniki. The ethnic legend ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΣ is disposed around the device, identifying the issuing city. The flan displays extensive surface corrosion typical of bronze coins from this period and region, partially obscuring the finer details of the design.
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