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Didrachm - Menecles
| Issuer | Leukas (Akarnania) |
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| Year | 167 BC - 100 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Reverse description | Prow of a war galley (trireme) oriented to the right, rendered in fine detail with oar-box, ram, and rigging visible along the hull. Above the prow, a stempost curves elegantly upward to the right. The two-line ethnic and magistrate legend ΛEYKAΔIΩN / ΜΕΝΕΚΛΗΣ appears in the upper field in clear Greek characters, identifying the issuing city of Leukas and the eponymous magistrate Menecles responsible for the issue. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΛEYKAΔIΩN ΜΕΝΕΚΛΗΣ |
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| Mint | Leucas, Acarnania, modern-day Kariotes, Greece |
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