Andros, the northernmost of the Cyclades, maintained its own civic bronze coinage well into the Hellenistic period despite sitting firmly within the commercial orbit of larger Aegean powers. The island's relative prosperity came from its position along the trade routes between the Greek mainland and Asia Minor, though its autonomous coinage was always modest in ambition and output.
Andros, the northernmost of the Cyclades, maintained its own civic bronze coinage well into the Hellenistic period despite sitting firmly within the commercial orbit of larger Aegean powers. The island's relative prosperity came from its position along the trade routes between the Greek mainland and Asia Minor, though its autonomous coinage was always modest in ambition and output.