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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Greece| > |Akarnania| > SH98008
Leukas, Akarnania, Greece, c. 320 - 280 B.C.
|Akarnania|, |Leukas,| |Akarnania,| |Greece,| |c.| |320| |-| |280| |B.C.|, The ancient town of Leucas was a Corinthian colony founded to the south of the modern capital of the island of Lefkada in the 8th century B.C. During the Peloponnesian War, Leucas joined the Peloponnesian League. Locals believe Lefkada was Homer's Ithaca, and the palace of Odysseus was located west of Nydri on the south coast. They cite several passages in the Odyssey as evidence, the most notable describes Ithaca as an island reachable on foot - Lefkada is not actually an island - it is connected to the mainland by a narrow causeway.
SH98008. Silver stater, BCD Akarnania 277 (same dies); Pegasi II p. 427, 129 var. (Pegasos left); BMC Corinth p. 132, 91 var. (same); HGC 4 828 (S), VF, toned, Pegasos flatly struck, light marks, graffito (Σ) reverse upper left, Leucas (Lefkada, Greece) mint, weight 8.529g, maximum diameter 21.6mm, die axis 270o, c. 320 - 280 B.C.; obverse Pegasos with pointed wing flying right, Λ below; reverse head of Athena (or Aphrodite) left, wearing Corinthian helmet over a leather cap, and pearl necklace, A and grapes on vine hanging over a kantharos behind; from the CEB Collection; rare variant; SOLD




  







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