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Hexachalkon
| Issuer | Messene |
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| Year | 125 BC - 75 BC |
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| Weight | 5.83 g |
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| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Messene |
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Messene's civic bronze coinage of this period reflects the city's uneasy position under Roman hegemony following the dissolution of the Achaean League in 146 BC. The city survived the Roman sack that obliterated Corinth that same year, and retained enough institutional continuity to maintain a functioning mint — a privilege not every Peloponnesian polis could claim. The hexachalkon denomination, six bronze units, occupied a workaday slot in local exchange with little reach beyond regional markets.
The BCD Peloponnesos reference traces to the collection of a single anonymous specialist whose Peloponnesian holdings remain a benchmark for the series.