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Tetradrachm - Eukrates
| Issuer | Abydos |
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| Year | 100 BC - 65 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse lettering | ΣABYΔHNΩN ΕΥΚΡΑΤΟΥ |
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| Mint | Abydos |
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Abydos, positioned at the narrowest point of the Hellespont, collected tolls on virtually every vessel passing between the Aegean and the Black Sea — the city's coinage reflects that commercial weight rather than military or dynastic ambition. Eukrates is known from a small cluster of civic magistrate issues, his name appearing as the responsible authority rather than a ruler, placing this tetradrachm firmly within the tradition of stephanophoric civic coinage that proliferated across western Asia Minor during the late Hellenistic period as Attic-weight silver remained essential for large transactions.