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The silver stater of Leucas is one of the most elegant and historically significant coins produced by the ancient Greek colonies of Acarnania, a region of northwestern Greece whose city-states maintained a rich and distinctive coinage tradition that reflected both their cultural sophistication and their complex political relationships with the broader Greek world. This Acarnanian AR Stater earned an Extremely Fine grade from the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) with an impressive 5/5 strike grade. Right now, the Acarnania Leucas AR Stater is available at Bullion Metals.

Arrives in a protective plastic slab!Issued in Leucas in the 4th and 3rd centuries BC!5/5 strike!3/5 surface!Contains 8.32 grams of actual silver content.Issued an Extremely Fine (XF) grade by the NGC.The obverse features Pegasus.On the reverse is a bust of Athena.

Arrives in a protective plastic slab!

Issued in Leucas in the 4th and 3rd centuries BC!

Contains 8.32 grams of actual silver content.

Issued an Extremely Fine (XF) grade by the NGC.

On the reverse is a bust of Athena.

This Acarnania Leucas AR Stater Coin comes with an Extremely Fine condition with an impressive 5/5 strike grade. This strike grade indicates a coin that was strongly struck with well-centered, detailed images still visible. The 3/5 surface grade indicates a coin with moderate wear and tear from handling. Overall, this coin is showcases a bold strike, quality preservation, and sharply-rendered details.

As a major Corinthian colony on the Ambracian Gulf, Leucas produced staters of exceptional quality whose designs drew on the shared iconographic heritage of the Corinthian coinage tradition while expressing a distinctly local civic pride. During the 4th and 3rd centuries BC the silver staters of Leucas were struck at the height of the city’s commercial and political influence, circulating widely through the trade networks of the Ionian Sea and the broader northwestern Greek world as a trusted and widely recognized currency of considerable weight and purity.

The obverse of the Acarnanian AR Stater features the iconic Pegasus, the winged horse shown in full flight or with one foreleg raised in the elegant, confident pose characteristic of the finest Corinthian-tradition coinage. On the reverse of the Acarnania Leucas AR Stater, the design element presents a helmeted head of Athena in three-quarter or profile view, her Corinthian helmet rendered with the crisp, refined detail that marks the best examples of this coinage as genuine masterworks of ancient die engraving.