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Drachm
| Issuer | Ainos (Thrace) |
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| Year | 357 BC - 341 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Mint | Ainos (Thrace) |
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Ainos sat at the mouth of the Hebros River on the Thracian coast, and its autonomy during this period was precarious — the city fell under Athenian influence earlier in the fifth century, was later absorbed into the Persian-aligned orbit, and by the mid-fourth century was navigating the rising pressure of Macedonian expansion under Philip II. The drachm series of this period reflects a city-state minting aggressively while it still could; Philip effectively ended Ainos's independent coinage not long after 341 BC when Macedonian control over the Thracian coastline became total.