circa 400-380 BCE
Æ 13 mm, 1,85 g
Head of youthful Dionysos to left, wearing ivy wreath.
Rev. ΓΑΛΗΨΙΩΝ Forepart of goat left, head turned back right.
V. Demetriadi, Galepsus in Chalcidice: A Newly Discovered Mint, NomKhron 3 (Athens, 1974), pp. 32-33, b; SNG Greece 7, 400
Galepsos was located on the Strymon Gulf about 20 kilometers east of Amphipolis, but beyond that we know nearly nothing else. Its coins are extremely rare and are not mentioned in any major publications. That being said, more seem to be entering the market.
I have unfortunately not been able to procure the paper that discusses this coin.
424 BCE
The Spartan general Brasidas captures Amphipolis and then Galepsos. He travels through Melitaia and camps at Phakion.
423 BCE
The Athenian general Kleon recaptures Galepsos.
168 BCE
July
July
Philip of Macedon, after being defeated at the Battle of Pydna, stops briefly at Galepsos before heading to Samothrace.