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Hemidrachm Tegea
| Issuer | Arcadian League |
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| Year | 460 BC - 450 BC |
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| Weight | 2.84 g |
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| Obverse description | Zeus Lykaios enthroned right, his draped figure rendered in archaic style, holding a long scepter upright in his right hand while an eagle takes flight leftward from his extended left hand. The composition reflects the deity's close association with the Arcadian cult of Mount Lykaion. The flan is irregularly shaped, characteristic of early Peloponnesian hammered coinage, with the design occupying the full field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Arcadian League's coinage of this period represents one of the earliest experiments in federal Greek monetary policy — a conscious attempt by the Arkadian cities to project collective identity through a unified currency during the decades immediately following the Persian Wars. Tegea's participation was politically charged: the city had famously resisted Persian advance at Thermopylae and Plataea, yet remained in constant friction with Sparta over regional dominance throughout the 460s.
The BCD Peloponnesos 1715 variety designation signals a die link or typological departure from the Williams core sequence — worth cross-referencing before attribution is finalized.