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Dichalkon - Dionysas
| Issuer | Abdera |
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| Year | 250 BC - 150 BC |
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| Value | Dichalkon (1⁄24) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | A griffin recumbent to the left, the city's emblematic device, rendered with spread wings and feline haunches in the Hellenistic naturalistic style. The magistrate's name appears in the legend above, reading ΕΠΙ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΑ, indicating the eponymous official responsible for the issue. A monogram occupies the lower left field, serving as a secondary control mark. The composition is compact and well-balanced within the small flan. |
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Abdera, the Thracian coastal city, had a complicated monetary history shaped by repeated Persian occupation, Athenian League membership, and eventual Macedonian dominance. By the time this bronze was struck, the city was issuing small-denomination coinage under heavy Macedonian influence but retaining its own civic identity — the magistrate name Dionysas appearing as a local official responsible for the issue, a naming convention Abdera maintained consistently across its later bronze series.