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Stater
| Issuer | Andros |
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| Year | 525 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A deep square incuse punch dominates the reverse, divided into six triangular segments by raised diagonal and vertical ridges meeting at a central point, creating a star-like or windmill pattern within the sunken square. This incuse reverse design is characteristic of early archaic Greek coinage of the late 6th century BC, employing the mill-sail or quadripartite incuse technique. The surrounding area retains the rough, irregular surface typical of hammered silver staters of this period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Andros was among the earliest Aegean islands to strike silver coinage, drawing on its position astride the northern trade routes between mainland Greece and the Black Sea littoral. The island's staters from this period follow the Euboic weight standard, which placed them in direct commercial conversation with Chalcis and Eretria — the dominant trading powers of the preceding century whose influence over Andros was more than merely cultural.
Relatively few archaic issues from Andros survive, and attribution of the earliest types has shifted more than once in the scholarly literature.