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| Issuer | Aphytis |
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| Year | 420 BC - 380 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bearded male head facing right, identified as Ares, wearing an Attic helmet with the cheek guard raised and decorative tendril motifs on the bowl and above the visor. The portrait is rendered in archaic to early classical Greek style, with strong facial features characteristic of the Macedonian Chalcidic mint tradition. The field is plain, with no legend or exergual inscription. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Aphytis was a small polis on the Pallene peninsula of Chalcidice, and its coinage reflects the political turbulence of a region caught between Macedonian expansion and Athenian imperial ambitions. The city retained enough autonomy to strike its own silver through the late fifth and early fourth centuries, though output was modest. AMNG III#1 places this among the earliest catalogued types for the issuer, suggesting it belongs to the foundational phase of the city's independent monetary production.