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Æ11
| Issuer | Elaia |
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| Year | 340 BC - 300 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Reverse lettering | Ε Λ |
| Edge | Plain |
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Elaia was a small Aeolian port city on the coast of Mysia, positioned at the mouth of the Caicus River — a geographic advantage that made it the principal harbor for Pergamon long before the Attalid dynasty transformed that inland city into a major power. This bronze issue predates that relationship, placing it in a period when Elaia functioned as an independent polis of modest but genuine regional standing.
The SNG Copenhagen and Munich references anchor this type firmly within a well-documented series, though the survival rate for Aeolian bronzes of this size remains low outside major institutional collections.