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Dionysopolis, on the western Black Sea coast in what is now Bulgaria, was a Milesian colony whose civic identity leaned heavily on its patron deity — the city was literally named for Dionysus, an unusual dedication that distinguished it from the more commercially oriented Greek foundations nearby. Bronze civic issues of this type circulated as small-denomination currency during a period when the region was absorbing the political shockwaves of Alexander's campaigns and the subsequent Diadochi wars, which repeatedly disrupted trade networks along the Pontic littoral. The HGC 3.2 listing places this among a thinly documented series.