Catalog
Dichalkon
| Issuer | Magnetes |
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| Year | 150 BC - 130 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Zeus facing right, rendered in low relief in the Hellenistic style, set within a beaded border. The deity's hair falls in loose waves behind the neck, and the facial features display the broad, somewhat worn characteristics typical of Magnesian bronze coinage of this period. The field is plain and unlettered. |
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| Reverse description | Prow of a galley facing right, depicted in profile with a curved stern ornament (aphlaston) rising above and a horizontal ram projecting forward. The Greek ethnic legend ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ is split across the field, with ΜΑΓΝΗ appearing above the prow and ΩΝ below, identifying the issuing community of the Magnetes. The design is enclosed within a beaded border, with the composition typical of Thessalian federal and civic bronze issues of the second century BC. |
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| Mintage | ND (150 BC - 130 BC) |
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