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Hexachalkon
| Issuer | Patrai |
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| Year | 45 BC - 40 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Zeus facing right, rendered in a bold, somewhat archaic style characteristic of late Hellenistic Achaean bronze coinage. The facial features are deeply modelled with a prominent brow, full beard, and tightly curled hair beneath the laurel wreath. The field is plain, with no visible inscription on the obverse. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Patrai — the modern Patras — had its civic coinage interrupted and complicated by the upheavals following Caesar's assassination in 44 BC. The city would later become Colonia Aroe Augusta Patrensis under Augustus, effectively ending its autonomous Greek-style bronze issues. This hexachalkon belongs to the last generation of that civic tradition, struck in the narrow window when the city still operated under its own authority before Roman colonial reorganization swept away the old municipal minting apparatus entirely.