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Drachm
| Issuer | Amphipolis, City of |
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| Year | 369 BC - 368 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑΜΦ IΠΟ ΛΙΤ ΕΩΝ (Translation: Amphipolis) |
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| Mint | Amphipolis |
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Amphipolis had been an Athenian colony since 437 BC, but its fall to Brasidas in 424 BC — and Athens' repeated failure to retake it — became one of the defining humiliations of the Peloponnesian War. By the time this drachm was struck, the city had spent decades asserting its independence, and its coinage reflects that: autonomous issues from this narrow window in the late 360s are among the most briefly produced in the Macedonian region, predating Philip II's seizure of the city in 357 BC, after which independent Amphipolitan coinage ceased entirely.