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Dichalkon
| Issuer | Thelpusa |
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| Year | 370 BC - 350 BC |
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| Value | Dichalkon (1⁄24) |
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| Reverse description | A horse walking or prancing to the right, rendered with animated musculature and a flowing mane, occupying the central field. Above the horse, the Greek legend ΕΡΙΩΝ arcs across the upper field, identifying the issuing authority. Beneath the horse, a small wheel or roundel device is visible on the ground line, serving as a mintmark or civic symbol associated with Thelpusa in Arcadia. The composition is well-balanced within the flan, and the style is consistent with Arcadian bronze issues of the mid-4th century BC. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Thelpusa was a minor Arcadian polis on the Ladon River, absorbed into the newly founded Megalopolis around 371–368 BC when Epaminondas and the Arcadian League forcibly synoikized much of the region. That this issue exists at all suggests either minting before the synoikism was fully enforced or a brief reassertion of civic identity afterward — the chronology remains genuinely unresolved among specialists. The BCD collection contained only a handful of Thelpusan bronzes, reflecting how little coinage the city managed before losing autonomous status.