Hemidrachm Kragos

The Lycian League was one of the ancient world's most studied federal systems — Montesquieu and the American founders both examined its structure when theorizing representative government. By the late first century BC, the League was operating under increasing Roman supervision following Pompey's reorganization of the eastern provinces, and coinage from this period reflects that transitional pressure: federal types continued but with diminishing civic autonomy behind them.

Kragos was a coastal settlement in western Lycia, and its hemidrachm issues within the League series are among the less frequently encountered city attributions in the coinage.