Catalog
Æ19
| Issuer | Axos |
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| Year | 300 BC - 67 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Apollo facing right, rendered in typical Cretan provincial style with flowing hair and strong facial features. The flan is irregular and slightly convex, with the portrait occupying the full field. The surface bears a deep green patina consistent with ancient bronze coinage from Crete. No legend or border is present on the obverse. |
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| Mintage | ND (300 BC - 67 BC) |
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Axos was an ancient city-state in the Mesara region of central Crete, one of the few Cretan poleis to maintain continuous autonomous coinage across several centuries. Bronze civic issues of this type circulated within a deeply fragmented island political environment — Crete's cities rarely formed lasting alliances, and local coinage served as much as a marker of civic identity as a practical medium of exchange. The terminal date of 67 BC corresponds to Quintus Caecilius Metellus's Roman conquest of the island, after which autonomous Cretan civic coinage effectively ceased.