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Stater
| Issuer | Ambracia |
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| Year | 426 BC - 404 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse lettering | Α |
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| Mint | Ambracia |
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Ambracia, a Corinthian colony on the Ambracian Gulf, maintained its own coinage tradition closely tied to its mother city's weight standard. The city backed Athens during the Peloponnesian War — an unusual alignment for a Corinthian foundation — and this stater's date range falls squarely within that conflict, during which Ambracia suffered a catastrophic defeat at the Battle of Idomene in 426 BC, losing a significant portion of its adult male population in a single engagement according to Thucydides.
Ravel's classification of the Corinthian pegasi series remains the foundational reference for attributing these colonial issues by die linkage.