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| Issuer | Eleusis |
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| Year | 340 BC - 335 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (340 BC - 335 BC) |
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Eleusis retained autonomous coinage rights well into the fourth century despite sitting squarely within the Athenian sphere — a reflection of the sanctuary's pan-Hellenic status rather than any genuine political independence. The site's religious authority, rooted in the Eleusinian Mysteries, afforded it economic privileges that a purely civic settlement of its size would never have commanded. This issue falls within a period of significant pressure on that autonomy, as Macedonian influence under Philip II began reshaping the political geography of Attica.