Stagira is remembered today almost exclusively as the birthplace of Aristotle, born there around 384 BC, but the city's coinage predates him by over a century. A member of the Chalcidian colonial network on the Thracian coast, Stagira minted independently before Philip II of Macedon destroyed the city in 348 BC — later rebuilding it at Aristotle's personal request, according to ancient sources.
Surviving examples are rare enough that die links between specimens have proved difficult to establish with confidence.
Stagira is remembered today almost exclusively as the birthplace of Aristotle, born there around 384 BC, but the city's coinage predates him by over a century. A member of the Chalcidian colonial network on the Thracian coast, Stagira minted independently before Philip II of Macedon destroyed the city in 348 BC — later rebuilding it at Aristotle's personal request, according to ancient sources.
Surviving examples are rare enough that die links between specimens have proved difficult to establish with confidence.