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Stater
| Issuer | Ambrakia |
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| Year | 360 BC - 338 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse lettering | A |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Ambrakia was a Corinthian colony on the Ambracian Gulf, and its staters follow the Corinthian weight standard — a deliberate monetary alignment with the mother city that facilitated trade across the western Greek world. The specific date range here corresponds to the period of the city's greatest political autonomy before Philip II's campaigns in Epirus drew the region into Macedonian influence.
Ravel's classification of the Corinthian-type pegasi remains the essential reference for die linkage studies in this series. Ambraciote dies are distinguishable from Corinth proper and other colonial issues by the ethnic, placing attribution beyond doubt even when specimens are worn.