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Stater
| Issuer | Argos Amphilochikon |
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| Year | 340 BC - 300 BC |
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| Diameter | 22.0 mm |
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| Reverse description | Helmeted head of Athena in left-facing profile, wearing a Corinthian helmet pushed back on the head to reveal the goddess's facial features, rendered with fine detail including a curl of hair at the neck. The cheekpieces of the helmet are raised, and the bowl is elaborately modelled. To the right of the head, a spear is depicted vertically. The Greek legend ΑΜΦΙ to the upper left and ΑΒΡ to the right of the field serve as ethnic and magistrate identifiers respectively, engraved in clear archaic Greek characters consistent with Akarnanian epigraphy of the period. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Argos Amphilochikon was a city in Amphilochia, a region of Akarnania whose Greek identity was itself contested — Thucydides records that the Amphilochians invited Ambraciots to settle among them and were subsequently "barbarized" through intermarriage, only partially recovering their Greek character through an alliance with Ambracia and Argos. This stater belongs to a civic coinage that affirms a distinctly Argive colonial identity at a time when the region was repeatedly fought over by Ambracia, the Akarnanians, and Athenian-backed factions throughout the Peloponnesian War period and its aftermath.
The BCD collection reference situates this piece within a tightly argued die study. Specimens attributable to BCD 138–139 show consistent die alignment, suggesting a concentrated and relatively short production run.