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| Issuer | Capsa (Macedon) |
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| Year | 425 BC - 375 BC |
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| Diameter | 11 mm |
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| Reverse description | A quadruped, most likely a horse or goat, depicted in a bounding or prancing posture to the right, rendered in the abbreviated yet vigorous style typical of minor Macedonian civic bronzes. The figure is set within a plain circular field above a horizontal ground line. The ethnic legend ΣKAΨAI appears in Greek characters in the lower portion of the field beneath the animal, identifying the issuing city of Capsa. |
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| Mint | Capsa |
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Capsa was a minor Macedonian mint whose bronze issues from this period remain poorly documented — only a handful of die studies exist, and attribution continues to rely heavily on findspot evidence rather than any strong literary record. The civic identity behind these small bronzes is itself debated; some scholars have questioned whether Capsa functioned as an independent polis or as a dependent community issuing under Macedonian regional authority.