Chalkon

Chalkon - obverseChalkon - reverse

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Features

Country Miletos
(Ionia)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 250 BC - 190 BC
Value 1 chalkous = 1/8 obol = 1/48 drachm (1/48)
Currency Drachm
Composition Copper
Weight 0.93 g
Diameter 10 mm
Shape Round
Demonetized Yes
References SNG Cop# 993
  • Niels Breitenstein, Willy Schwabacher; 1942. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 1. Italy, Part 1 : Etruria - Campania. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Sabine Schultz, Jan Zahle; 2002. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Supplement. Acquisitions 1942-1996. Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen, Denmark. ISBN 9788789384801.
  • Niels Breitenstein; 1943. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 10. Macedonia, Part 3 : Philip III - Philip VI. Macedonia under the Romans. Kings of Paeonia. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Willy Schwabacher; 1943. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 11. Thessaly - Illyricum. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Willy Schwabacher; 1943. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 12. Epirus - Acarnania. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Willy Schwabacher; 1944. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 13. Aetolia - Euboea. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Willy Schwabacher; 1944. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 14. Attica - Aegina. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Willy Schwabacher; 1944. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 15. Corinth. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Willy Schwabacher; 1944. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 16. Phliasia - Laconia. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Niels Breitenstein; 1944. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 17. Argolis - Aegean Islands. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Niels Breitenstein; 1944. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 18. Bosporus - Bithynia. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Niels Breitenstein; 1945. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 19. Mysia. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Willy Schwabacher; 1942. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 2. Italy, Part 2 : Apulia - Lucania (Metapontum). Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Niels Breitenstein; 1945. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 20. Troas. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Niels Breitenstein; 1945. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 21. Aeolis - Lesbos. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Niels Breitenstein; 1946. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 22. Ionia, Part 1 : Clazomenae - Ephesus. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Niels Breitenstein; 1946. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 23. Ionia, Part 2 : Erythrae - Priene. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Niels Breitenstein; 1946. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 24. Ionia, Part 3 : Smyrna - Teos. Islands. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Niels Breitenstein; 1947. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 25. Caria, Part 1 : Alabanda - Orthosia. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Niels Breitenstein; 1947. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 26. Caria, Part 2 : Sebastopolis - Trapezopolis : Satraps : Islands. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Niels Breitenstein; 1947. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 27. Lydia, Part 1: Acrasus - Saïtta. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Niels Breitenstein; 1947. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 28. Lydia, Part 2 : Sala - Tripolis. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Niels Breitenstein; 1948. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 29. Phrygia, Part 1 : Abbaïtis - Eumeneia. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Willy Schwabacher; 1942. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 3. Italy, Part 3 : Lucania (Poseidonia)-Bruttium. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Niels Breitenstein; 1948. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 30. Phrygia, Part 2 : Grimenothyrae - Trajanopolis. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Niels Breitenstein, Otto Mørkholm; 1955. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 31. Lycia. Pamphylia. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Niels Breitenstein, Otto Mørkholm; 1956. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 32. Pisidia. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Niels Breitenstein, Otto Mørkholm; 1956. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 33. Lycaonia - Cilicia. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Peter Robert Franke; 1956. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 34. Cyprus - Cappadocia. Uncertain Coins. Imperial Cistophori. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Peter Robert Franke; 1959. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 35. Syria : Seleucid Kings. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Otto Mørkholm; 1959. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 36. Syria : Cities. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Peter Robert Franke; 1961. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 37. Phoenicia. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Otto Mørkholm; 1961. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 38. Palestine - Characene. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Peter Robert Franke; 1965. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 39. Volumehia - India. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Niels Breitenstein; 1942. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 4. Sicily, Part 1 : Abacaenum-Petra. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Anne Kromann, Otto Mørkholm; 1977. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 40. Egypt : The Ptolemies. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Erik Christiansen, Anne Kromann; 1974. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 41. Alexandria - Cyrenaica. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Gilbert Kenneth Jenkins; 1969. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 42. North Africa. Syrtica - Mauretania. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Gilbert Kenneth Jenkins, Anne Kromann; 1979. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 43. Spain - Gaul. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark. ISBN 9788716028921.
  • Niels Breitenstein; 1942. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 5. Sicily, Part 2 : Segesta - Sardinia. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Willy Schwabacher; 1942. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 6. Thrace, Part 1 : The Tauric Chersonese-Thrace (Mesembria). Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Willy Schwabacher; 1943. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 7. Thrace, Part 2 : Odessus - Sestos. Islands. Kings and Dynasts. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Niels Breitenstein; 1943. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 8. Macedonia, Part 1 : Acanthus - Uranopolis. Dynasts. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Niels Breitenstein; 1943. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 9. Macedonia, Part 2 : Alexander I - Alexander III. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Obverse

Bust of Apollo

Reverse

Lion to Right, name of the magistrate below

Lettering: BAΣIΛEIΔH

Edge

Plain

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (250 BC - 190 BC)  (fr) BAΣIΛEIΔH

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