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Stater - Lykourgos
| Issuer | Akarnanian Confederacy |
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| Year | 250 BC - 200 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Bearded head of the river-god Acheloos facing right, adorned with a wreath of reeds and displaying the characteristic bull's horn above the forehead, rendered in fine high-relief Hellenistic style. The naturalistic facial features include a short beard and flowing wavy hair. The magistrate's name ΛYKOYPΓOΣ is inscribed vertically in the left field in Greek characters. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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The Akarnanian Confederacy was one of the more durable federal experiments in ancient Greece, and its silver coinage reflects a deliberate political assertion of collective identity at a moment when Macedonian influence pressed heavily on the western Greek world. The confederation controlled strategically vital territory along the Ambracian Gulf, and maintaining a recognizable federal coinage was as much a diplomatic signal as an economic necessity.
The Lykourgos stater series is documented across multiple major collections — Dewing, Luynes, Lockett, Copenhagen — suggesting reasonable surviving numbers relative to many Akarnanian issues, though fine specimens remain genuinely difficult to source.