Tetrachalkon

Features

Issuer	Pharsalos (Thessaly)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	425 BC - 375 BC
Value	Tetrachalkon (1⁄12)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Bronze
Weight	9.26 g
Diameter	21.0 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 171251
References	BCD Thessaly I# 1298 Nomos (publisher); 2011. Nomos Auction / Volume 4: The BCD Collection. Coins of Thessaly. Nomos, Zürich, Switzerland. , Rogers Thessaly# 502 var. Edgar Rogers; 1932. The Copper Coinage of Thessaly. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , Lavva# 312 Stella Lavva; 2001. Die Münzprägung von Pharsalos = The Coinage of Pharsalos. Saarbrücker Druckerei und Verlag, Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany.

Obverse

Helmeted head of Athena Parthenos facing, turned slightly to the left, with shield over her left shoulder and spear over her right

Reverse

Armored Thessalian horseman riding right, brandishing flail at an enemy soldier who flees to right; behind horseman to left, soldier walking right with staff over his shoulder

Script: Greek

Lettering: Φ Α Ρ

Mint

Pharsalus, Thessaly, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (425 BC - 375 BC)

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