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Leukas AR Stater. Pegasus left / helmeted Athena right, winged figure (Eros?) in left field.
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Leukas
stater
Minor Type
In addition to the major design (here a head of Athena) many coins bear a minor type (lion head) that distinguished the issuing official or performed some other mint function.
Leukaspis (?), Amestratus, 127.
Leukaspis, Syracuse, 175, 178.
Leukippos, oekist of Metapontum, 75, 78, 80.
GB503. Akarnania, Leukas, 350-250 BC, AE14. Athena head left/Chimaera left, BMC 1ff. Near centered, top of head crowded obv., rear haunch of chimaera partly off rev., slightly rough green patina, clear types, Fine....$60 Photo ...
In time, Corinth started to create a string of daughter cities, colonies such as Leukas, Ambrakia (Arta), Anactorium, Dyrrhachium (Durazzo) and even Terina in southern Italy and Syracuse in Sicily. All these cities followed Corinth's monetary system.
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