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Melos, the Cycladic island later infamous for the Athenian massacre of 416 BC recorded by Thucydides, issued autonomous bronze coinage during the Hellenistic period when many smaller island communities reasserted local minting after the disruptions of the Classical age. Issues this small served everyday transaction needs at a level no silver fraction could practically reach. SNG Copenhagen 684 is among the few systematically catalogued specimens from this scarce civic series.