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Obol Mantineia
| Issuer | Arcadian League |
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| Year | 450 BC - 430 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered, Incuse |
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| Obverse description | Zeus Lykaios seated left, his figure rendered in archaic style, holding a long scepter in his right hand while an eagle takes flight to the left from his outstretched hand, symbolizing divine authority. The composition fills the broadly circular flan with characteristic irregularity typical of early Arcadian hammered coinage. |
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| Mint | Mantineia |
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The Arcadian League's federal coinage was among the earliest attempts at a true monetary union in the Greek world, issuing coins under a collective identity rather than a single polis. Mantineia's participation ended abruptly in 385 BC when the Spartans forcibly dissolved the city, scattering its population into four separate villages under the Peace of Antalcidas — a synoikism reversed by decree. Federal issues attributable to this window are consequently rare at the fractional level, where production quantities were modest even in stable times.