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| Issuer | Aigospotamoi |
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| Year | 300 BC |
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| Diameter | 21 mm |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | A goat stands in profile to the left, rendered with naturalistic detail; a bunch of grapes appears in the lower field beneath the animal. The ethnic legend ΑΙΓΟΣ ΠΟ, an abbreviation of ΑΙΓΟΣΠΟΤΑΜΟΙ, is disposed in the right field. The goat serves as the civic badge of Aigospotamoi, its name being a punning allusion to the city's identity, while the grape cluster underscores the region's viticultural associations. |
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Aigospotamoi, a minor Thracian Chersonese community better known for the 405 BC naval battle that ended Athenian naval supremacy, struck civic bronze coinage only briefly. The town's independent issues are rare precisely because its political autonomy was intermittent — squeezed between Spartan, then Macedonian, then Lysimachean control across the fourth century.
The Weber and SNG Copenhagen references remain the primary anchors for attributing these bronzes, as the series has never received a dedicated modern die study.