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| Issuer | Aegae |
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| Year | 400 BC - 300 BC |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Apollo facing right, rendered in fine archaic-to-classical style with naturalistic detail. The god's hair falls in long, flowing locks over the neck, bound by a laurel wreath set close to the brow. The facial features are finely modelled, with a well-defined profile, prominent nose, and a serene expression characteristic of 4th-century BC Greek civic coinage. The field is plain, with no legend or additional device. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Aegae in Macedonia — not to be confused with the more prominent Aegae in Aeolis — functioned as the original royal burial ground of the Macedonian kings even after Pella superseded it as the administrative capital. Bronze civic issues from this mint are poorly documented in terms of specific magistrate controls or issuing occasions, and the tight SNG concordance suggests the type survives in relatively few collections. The Munich and von Aulock references together place it firmly among the minor Macedonian civic bronzes struck before Philip II's monetary reorganization reshaped the region's coinage hierarchy.