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Stater
| Issuer | Leukas |
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| Year | 375 BC - 350 BC |
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| Currency | Corinthian drachm |
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| Obverse lettering | Λ |
| Reverse description | Helmeted head of Athena facing left in high relief, wearing a Corinthian helmet pushed back to reveal her facial features, with loose locks of hair falling at the neck. The goddess's effigy is rendered in the early classical style, exhibiting refined modeling of the cheek and brow beneath the helmet's brim. The legend ΛΕΥ, an abbreviated ethnic for Leukas, is inscribed in the upper left field. An amphora, serving as a secondary symbol, is depicted in the right field behind the neck. The incuse square of the reverse die is fully absorbed into the design field. |
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Leukas, the Corinthian colony planted on the island (technically a peninsula until a channel was cut) at the mouth of the Ambracian Gulf, struck its staters as part of a long Corinthian colonial tradition — sharing the Pegasos/Athena type with dozens of issuing authorities across the western Greek world. What distinguishes Leukas issues is the Λ control letter and specific subsidiary symbols, catalogued painstakingly by the BCD collection, which remains the primary reference for Akarnanian and epirote coinage after its 2008 Nomos auction dispersal.