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Chalkon - Metrodoros
| Issuer | Smyrna |
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| Year | 170 BC - 145 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | A stepped altar with a conical or pointed lid and three decorative feet, shown in frontal view at center field. The altar type is closely associated with the civic religious iconography of Smyrna. The magistrate's name and city ethnic appear divided in two lines or segments around the altar, reading ΣMYΡ and MHTΡOΔΩΣ, identifying the issuing city and the eponymous magistrate Metrodoros responsible for the emission. |
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| Mint | Smyrna (Ionia) |
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Smyrna in this period was navigating the complex aftermath of Pergamene dominance in western Anatolia, issuing small bronze fractions for local market transactions while the city rebuilt its civic infrastructure following its refounding — ancient Smyrna had been largely abandoned for centuries before Alexander's successors re-established it on a new site near Mount Pagos. The magistrate name Metrodoros appearing on this issue places it within a series where individual officials were named on bronze fractions, a practice that helped establish civic accountability in coinage at the sub-drachm level.