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ACARNANIA. Federal Coinage (Acarnanian Confederacy). Ca. 250-200 BC. AR stater (26mm, 10.07 gm, 2h). NGC XF 4/5 - 3/5, scratch. Leukas mint, Lykourgos, magistrate. Head of river-god Achelous right; ΛYKOYPΓOΣ behind / Apollo Aktios seated left on throne, holding bow; monogram to left. BCD Akarnania 17 (this coin). SNG Copenhagen 418. VF, toned, light scratch on obverse, a pair of die breaks on reverse.
From the Collection of a Philhellene. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Mail Bid Sale 81 (20 May 2009), lot 450, with tag; BCD Collection (Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 23, 18 October 2007), lot 17.
Achelous was the Greek patron deity of the largest river in Greece. Like other river deities, he is usually depicted as a man-faced bull, with a particularly sensitive rendering on this tetradrachm of the Acarnanian Confederacy, a multi-city league on the southern Illyrian coast. While usually seen as benevolent, Achelous battled Heracles for the favors of the beautiful nymph Deianeira and lost one of his horns in the match; he had to trade one of the horns of the Amalthean Goat to get it back.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD
ACARNANIA. Federal Coinage (Acarnanian Confederacy). Ca. 250-200 BC. AR stater (26mm, 10.07 gm, 2h). NGC XF 4/5 - 3/5, scratch. Leukas mint, Lykourgos, magistrate. Head of river-god Achelous right; ΛYKOYPΓOΣ behind / Apollo Aktios seated left on throne, holding bow; monogram to left. BCD Akarnania 17 (this coin). SNG Copenhagen 418. VF, toned, light scratch on obverse, a pair of die breaks on reverse.
From the Collection of a Philhellene. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Mail Bid Sale 81 (20 May 2009), lot 450, with tag; BCD Collection (Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 23, 18 October 2007), lot 17.
Achelous was the Greek patron deity of the largest river in Greece. Like other river deities, he is usually depicted as a man-faced bull, with a particularly sensitive rendering on this tetradrachm of the Acarnanian Confederacy, a multi-city league on the southern Illyrian coast. While usually seen as benevolent, Achelous battled Heracles for the favors of the beautiful nymph Deianeira and lost one of his horns in the match; he had to trade one of the horns of the Amalthean Goat to get it back.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD