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Didrachm
| Issuer | Cales |
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| Year | 268 BC - 260 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted head of Athena facing right, wearing a crested Corinthian helmet whose bowl is adorned with a coiled serpent; the goddess is further embellished with a triple-pendant earring and a beaded necklace. A small wing appears behind the neck, an iconographic element distinctive of the Calenian series. The portrait is rendered in fine archaic-Italic style, with careful attention to the goddess's facial features and the decorative elements of her panoply. The single letter H appears in the field, likely serving as a die-control mark or magistrate's initial. |
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| Obverse lettering | H |
| Reverse description | Nike, the winged goddess of victory, depicted as charioteer standing in a fast-moving biga drawn by two galloping horses to the left. She extends her right hand forward wielding the kentron (goad) to urge on the horses, while her left hand controls the reins; her drapery streams dynamically behind her, conveying vigorous motion. The spoked wheel of the chariot is prominently rendered in the lower right of the type. The ethnic legend CALENO is inscribed in large Greek characters along the exergual line, identifying the issuing city of Cales in Campania. |
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