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| Issuer | Siphnos |
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| Year | 400 BC - 300 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Siphnos |
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| Additional information |
Siphnos, a small Cycladic island, had famously exhausted its legendary silver mines — once so productive they funded a treasury at Delphi — well before this bronze was struck. The shift to small fiduciary bronze coinage by the fourth century reflects a broader Aegean pattern of cities adopting token coinage as silver supplies tightened after the disruptions of the Peloponnesian War.