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Dichalkon
| Issuer | Leukai |
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| Year | 350 BC - 300 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Apollo facing left, rendered in archaic Greek style with carefully delineated hair curls cascading behind the neck. The effigy displays characteristic features of late Classical Lokrian die-cutting, with a serene profile and a plain laurel wreath encircling the head. The field is plain and unlettered. |
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| Reverse description | Swan standing left with head turned back over its wing in a resting pose, a device closely associated with Apollo. The bird is depicted with spread wings partially raised, rendered with fine detail typical of small-denomination Lokrian bronzes. The ethnic legend ΛΕΙ ΛΟΚΡ appears in the field, distributed around the swan, identifying the issuing community of Leukai in Western Lokris. |
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Leukai was a minor Greek colonial settlement on the Iapygian coast of Apulia, and its independent bronze coinage was brief — almost certainly curtailed by the expanding pressure of Tarentum, which aggressively dominated the monetary and political life of the region during the fourth century. The SNG Copenhagen 801 attribution places this among a small, well-defined group, but the total surviving population across all collections remains low enough that die studies are inconclusive.