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Stater
| Issuer | Ambrakia |
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| Year | 360 BC - 338 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Helmeted head of Athena facing right, wearing a Corinthian helmet pushed back on the head, rendered with fine engraving typical of the Ambrakian die-cutting tradition. To the left of the goddess's head, an eagle with wings open stands facing left upon the head of a ram, which is also oriented left; this complex device serves as a secondary symbol identifying the issuing authority or magistrate. The composition displays a confident blend of divine portraiture and heraldic emblem characteristic of northwest Greek coinage of the fourth century BC. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Ambrakia was a Corinthian colony on the Ambrakian Gulf, and its coinage followed the Corinthian weight standard closely enough that Ambrakian staters circulated alongside Corinthian issues across the western Greek trade network. The city reached its political peak under the tyrant Periander in the early fourth century before transitioning to a more conventional civic administration — the period from which this stater likely dates.
The city was razed by Fulvius Nobilior in 189 BC, which effectively ended local minting. Coins from the preceding two centuries consequently survived in quantity only in foundation hoards and trade deposits along Adriatic routes.