Chalkon

Features

Issuer Halos (Thessaly)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 360 BC - 346 BC
Value Chalkon (1⁄48)
Currency Drachm
Composition Bronze
Weight 2.1 g
Diameter 15 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
282576
References HGC 4# 7,
Oliver D. Hoover; 2014. The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series / Volume 4. Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris, and Corinthia : Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania - London, United Kingdom.
BCD Thessaly II# 86.1
Classical Numismatic Group (editor); 3 January 2012. The BCD Collection of the Coinage of Thessaly (Triton XV). Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.

Obverse

Laureate and bearded head of Zeus right.

Reverse

Helle, draped, seated sideways and looking right, on ram flying right, her hands on either side of her, holding on to its back; below, small male head to right; ΑΛΕ above left, Ω above right, Ν sideways right down.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΑΛΕΩΝ

Mint

Halus, Thessaly, modern-day Almiros, Greece

Comments

This could be the first Hellenistic issue, struck as soon as the city was moved to its new location on the coast. The artwork, especially on the reverse, is still of high quality and the reverse theme has not yet changed from Helle to Phrixos. The significance of the small male head under the ram is not clear; perhaps it is an attempt to describe the moment Phrixos fell in the sea and drowned.

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Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Chalkon
CNG
Triton XV
Lot 86
Internet Archive
3 Jan 2012 VF
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