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Hemidrachm
| Issuer | Aigion |
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| Year | 37 BC - 31 BC |
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| Value | Hemidrachm (1/2) |
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| Reverse description | Central Achaian League monogram (ΑΧ ligature) set within a laurel wreath, the wreath tied at the base. The name of the local magistrate, ΑΡΙ CΤΟ ΔΑ ΜΟC (Aristodamos), is distributed in abbreviated segments around the monogram within the wreath. The composition reflects the standardised reverse type of the Achaian League federal coinage as adopted by member city Aigion. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Aigion served as the meeting place of the Achaean League, and coins struck under its authority during this narrow window fall within the chaotic final decade of the Roman Republic — the years bracketing Actium, when Greek civic minting operated under considerable political uncertainty about which Roman faction to acknowledge. HGC 5 records only a handful of die combinations for this type, suggesting modest output rather than a sustained civic programme.