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Æ - Philiskos, son of Konon
| Issuer | Erythrai |
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| Year | 275 BC - 220 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Reverse description | A bow within a bow-case (gorytos) is depicted horizontally across the upper field, serving as the principal type. The magistrate's name ΦΙΛΙΣΚΟΣ ΚΟΝΩΝΟΣ is inscribed across the center in two lines of Greek majuscules, with the civic ethnic ΕΡΥ (for Erythrai) completing the legend. In the lower field, a facing head of Herakles is shown in frontal view accompanied by a club, both rendered in low relief. The composition follows the standard civic bronze typology of Erythrai, with the magistrate's name identifying this as an issue of Philiskos, son of Konon. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΦΙΛΙΣΚΟΣ ΚΟΝΩΝΟΣ ΕΡΥ |
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Erythrai, the Ionian city on the Aegean coast of Anatolia, issued civic bronzes with magistrate names throughout the Hellenistic period — a practice that allows modern scholars to sequence issues but rarely to pin down individuals with precision. A Philiskos son of Konon appears in the epigraphic record at Erythrai, though whether this is the same man who authorized this bronze or a namesake from an adjacent generation remains unresolved. The date range spans over five decades, reflecting the difficulty of anchoring undated civic bronzes from this mint.