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| Issuer | Nesos |
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| Year | 400 BC - 300 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of Apollo facing right, rendered in archaic Macedonian style with flowing hair indicated by incised lines. The portrait is boldly struck on a small flan, with the facial features — including the eye, nose, and lips — summarily but clearly delineated. The field is plain and unlegended. |
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| Mintage | ND (400 BC - 300 BC) |
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Nesos — Greek for "island" — was a small settlement on the island of Imbros in the northern Aegean, an area contested repeatedly between Athens and various Thracian powers throughout the fourth century. Athenian cleruchs were established on Imbros in the early 300s, and the precise relationship between this civic bronze issue and that Athenian colonial presence remains debated among specialists.
At under a gram, this is genuinely minor fractional bronze — pocket change by any ancient standard, unlikely to have traveled far from its issuing community.