Pharcadon or Pharkadon was a city and polis (city-state) of Histiaeotis in ancient Thessaly, situated to the left of the Peneius, between Pelinnaeum and Atrax.
In 200 BCE, during the Second Macedonian War, Athamanian troops commanded by Amynander of Athamania and troops of the Aetolian League, allies of the Romans, established their camps around the city of Pharcadon while they plundered the Thessalian plain. They were attacked by troops of Philip V of Macedon, who put them to flight.
In 200 BCE, during the Second Macedonian War, Athamanian troops commanded by Amynander of Athamania and troops of the Aetolian League, allies of the Romans, established their camps around the city of Pharcadon while they plundered the Thessalian plain. They were attacked by troops of Philip V of Macedon, who put them to flight.
Modern location: Klokotos, Greece
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Pharkadon
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Obverse: Horse prancing right
Reverse: ΦΑΡ-ΚΑΔO, Athena standing right, holding spear and shield; all within incuse square.
Diameter:
12 mm
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 0.87 g
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 0.87 g
From the BCD Collection
Minor porosity
BCD Thessaly I 1271 var. (ethnic), BCD Thessaly II 606 var. (arrangement of ethnic); HGC 4, 297
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Pharkadon
An
AR
Hemidrachm
struck c. 420-400 BC
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Pharkadon
Obverse: Thessalos, wearing petasos and chalmys, right restraining bull with cord around bull's forehead held in both hands
Reverse: forepart of galloping horse right; Φ_A_P_K / AΔ_O
Diameter:
15 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 2.8 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 2.8 g
No notes for this coin
BCD Thessaly II 603; BMC Thessaly p. 42, 1; SNG Cop 209; HGC 4 292