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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mikey Zee, post: 2494773, member: 72818&quot;]This silver gem is a bit smaller than a standard &#039;good silver&#039; denarius, perhaps 2/3 the weight or size. The artistry of the coin was just too much for me to ignore and so I went after it although it played havoc with my remaining budget. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie55" alt=":hurting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Apollo is rendered as somewhat pensive and typically &#039;feminine&#039;, although others of this type display the deity as serious or stern and far more masculine. The &#039;lyre&#039; is a consistent symbol of the league and the details of both obverse and reverse are boldly struck .</p><p><br /></p><p>For those unfamiliar with the &#039;Chalkidian League&#039;, I offer the following synopsis:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;It was a federal state that existed on the Chalcidice peninsula, on the shores of the northwest Aegean Sea, from about 430 BC until it was destroyed by Philip II of Macedon in 348 BC.&quot; (see map)</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The actual form of the League is uncertain although it seems to have had a federal citizenship, common laws, foreign policy, coinage and military. There was a citizen assembly that also had judicial functions. It included most but not all the Euboean colonies of Chalcidice....&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>AR Tetraobol of the Chalkidian League</p><p>Struck at Olynthus, 432-348 BC</p><p>2.36 grams, 14 mm; SNG ANS 528</p><p>Laureate head of Apollo right</p><p>Chitara (lyre-like instrument) within square,</p><p>XALKDION around--- (of the Chaldians?)</p><p><br /></p><p>Please feel free to share any coin you may have of the Chalcidians or any at all of Apollo and the Chitara/lyre devices<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]528526[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]528529[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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