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Trichalkon
| Issuer | Lakedaimon |
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| Year | 48 BC - 35 BC |
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| Value | 1 Trichalkon = 3 Chalkoi = 3⁄48 Drachm (1⁄16) |
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| Obverse description | Jugate busts of the Dioskouroi (Kastor and Polydeukes) facing right, each wearing a characteristic pilos helmet; the busts are rendered in low relief in a cursory provincial style typical of late Hellenistic Lakonian bronze coinage. The flan is irregular and the strike slightly off-center, as is common for hammered issues of this series. |
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| Reverse description | Two amphorai facing each other at center, their bodies flanking a Greek letter delta (Δ) in the lower field, with the monogram ΛΑΠ inscribed between the vessels in the upper field; the entire design is enclosed within a beaded or plain olive wreath encircling the coin, a motif emblematic of Spartan civic coinage of the late Hellenistic period. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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