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Hemidrachm Tegea
| Issuer | Arcadian League |
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| Year | 465 BC - 460 BC |
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| Diameter | 13.0 mm |
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| Reverse description | Draped bust of the nymph Kallisto facing right, her hair bound with a tainia rendered in fine archaic style, set within a recessed incuse square. The portrait displays the characteristic almond-shaped eye and delicate facial features typical of early Classical Greek coinage. The ethnic legend ΑΡΚΑΔΙΚΟΝ is disposed in the field around the bust, attesting to the federal coinage of the Arcadian League. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑΡΚΑΔΙΚΟΝ |
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The Arcadian League coinage of this period represents one of the earliest federal coinages in the Greek world — a deliberate monetary union among Arcadian poleis who shared ethnic identity but rarely political coherence. Tegea's participation is notable given the city's complicated relationship with Spartan dominance in the Peloponnese; Sparta had long used Tegea as a buffer and client, yet the city minted under League authority during precisely the decades when Spartan hegemony was under its sharpest pressure following the helot revolt of 464 BC.