Stater

Thyrrheion was a secondary Akarnanian polis that gained its most significant political weight during the Macedonian period, when the Akarnanian League served as a buffer state repeatedly courted by competing powers. By the time these staters were struck in the late 2nd to early 1st century BC, the League was operating under Roman oversight following the settlement of mainland Greece, and autonomous silver coinage from Akarnanian cities had become increasingly rare. The narrow issue window — roughly eight years — likely reflects Roman tolerance for local civic coinage rather than any sustained minting program.