Aegina's bronze coinage arrived late — the island's monetary identity had been built entirely on silver for over two centuries, and bronze was adopted only after Aegina's political autonomy had been severely curtailed following the Peloponnesian War. By 370 BC the population was still largely a transplanted one; Athens had expelled the original Aeginetans in 431 BC and resettled the island with Athenian cleruchs, before Lysander restored a remnant community after 404 BC. These bronzes circulated among that reconstituted population.
Aegina's bronze coinage arrived late — the island's monetary identity had been built entirely on silver for over two centuries, and bronze was adopted only after Aegina's political autonomy had been severely curtailed following the Peloponnesian War. By 370 BC the population was still largely a transplanted one; Athens had expelled the original Aeginetans in 431 BC and resettled the island with Athenian cleruchs, before Lysander restored a remnant community after 404 BC. These bronzes circulated among that reconstituted population.