Hemidrachm Kleitor

The Arcadian League's coinage of this period is among the earliest federal mint issues in the Greek world — a deliberate political statement by a confederacy of inland poleis that lacked individual coastal trade networks and needed a unified currency to function. Kleitor, a small but strategically positioned city in the northern Arcadian highlands, contributed types to this federal issue during a window when the League was consolidating against Spartan pressure following the Persian Wars.

The Williams reference to Confederate #170 as a variety signals a die-link or punch variation from the main recorded type — worth cross-referencing against the BCD specimen, which passed through auction with detailed die commentary.