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Diobol
| Issuer | Leukas |
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| Year | 435 BC - 280 BC |
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| Reference(s) | SNG Copenhagen#333 |
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| Reverse description | Pegasus standing to the left in a prancing pose, with head turned slightly upward and wings folded against the body; the figure is set upon a ground line, with the foreleg raised. The reverse type closely follows the standard Acarnanian coinage convention, rendered in incuse or shallow relief typical of small hammered silver issues of this period. A small symbol or letter appears in the lower left field. |
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| Mintage | ND (435 BC - 280 BC) |
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Leukas was an Acarnanian colony established by Corinth in the late seventh century BC, and its coinage reflects that relationship closely — early issues mirror Corinthian weight standards before the city gradually asserted its own monetary identity. The diobol, the smallest practical silver denomination in regular circulation, served interisland and regional trade across the Ionian and Ambracian Gulf networks where Leukas held strategic positioning.
SNG Copenhagen 333 places this type within a well-documented but compositionally varied series. Collectors should note that several die linkages across Leukadian fractions have been identified in scholarship following the Copenhagen catalogue, making specimen-level comparison worthwhile.