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Stater
| Issuer | Aegina |
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| Year | 525 BC - 475 BC |
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| Weight | 11.67 g |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (525 BC - 475 BC) |
| Additional information |
Aegina's staters were the dominant trade currency of the Aegean basin for much of the sixth and early fifth centuries BC — the island's merchant fleet carried them across routes stretching from the Black Sea to the Levant. The Athenians eventually forced Aegina into submission in 457 BC and dismantled its fleet, effectively ending the stater's commercial supremacy. This issue predates that collapse, falling within the period when Aeginetan weight standards were being adopted by mints as far afield as Macedon and Boeotia.