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Dichalkon
| Issuer | Atrax |
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| Year | 360 BC - 340 BC |
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| Reference(s) | BCD Thessaly I#1031 |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | A horse standing in left profile, depicted in a naturalistic stance with well-modelled musculature, consistent with the strong equestrian tradition of Thessalian coinage. The animal is shown with its head raised and tail extended, conveying a sense of vitality and power. A ground line runs beneath the horse. The ethnic legend of Atrax is distributed across the field, with ΓΙΩΝ above and ΑΤΡΑ below the horse, identifying the issuing city. |
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Atrax was a minor Thessalian polis in the Perrhaebian borderlands, and its independent bronze coinage is sparse enough that the BCD collection represented one of the most concentrated assemblages of its civic issues ever brought together at auction. The dichalkon denomination itself reflects the fractional bronze systems that Thessalian cities adopted unevenly during the fourth century, often tied more to local market needs than to any regional monetary coordination.
The BCD Thessaly I sale in 2002 remains the definitive reference point for attributing these pieces.