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Tetrachalkon
| Issuer | Pellene |
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| Year | 350 BC - 300 BC |
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| Value | Tetrachalkon (1⁄12) |
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| Reverse description | Ram's head to right, depicted with naturalistically rendered curving horns and detailed facial features, set within a circular laurel wreath tied at the top. Above the ram's head appears the ΠE ligature, serving as the civic abbreviation for Pellene. The wreath border frames the entire design, with the tie knot visible at the upper portion of the wreath. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Pellene was the easternmost of the twelve Achaean cities, perched in the hills above the Corinthian Gulf, and its bronze coinage is among the scarcest municipal issues from the region. The city's political allegiances shifted repeatedly during the fourth century — allied with Sparta, then courted by Macedon — and its mint output reflects those interruptions. BCD Peloponnesos 592 is a sparsely represented type; the BCD collection itself contained only a handful of Pellenean bronzes across all varieties.