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Dichalkon
| Issuer | Atrax |
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| Year | 360 BC - 340 BC |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | A horse standing to the right in a naturalistic pose, rendered with careful attention to musculature and proportion, its tail hanging naturally and its head slightly raised. The design is typical of Thessalian coinage, reflecting the region's celebrated equestrian culture and horse-breeding traditions. The ethnic inscription ΑΤΡΑΓΙΩΝ, identifying the issuing city of Atrax, is distributed in the field around the horse, with letters appearing above and to the right. A plain exergual line is suggested beneath the horse's hooves. A beaded border encircles the reverse field. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Atrax was a minor Thessalian city-state positioned in the Pelasgiotis region along the Peneios River, and its independent bronze coinage is rare enough that even a circulated example draws serious collector attention. The BCD collection — assembled by the banker and scholar known pseudonymously as BCD — remains the definitive reference for Thessalian bronzes, and the Atrax series occupies only a handful of catalog entries within it.
Rogers 165 and BCD Thessaly I 1030 cite the same narrow type, suggesting very limited die production for this issue.