bgr_360870 - AKARNANIA - LEUKAS Statère

Acarnania - LEUCAS

(350-306 BC)

Leucas is an island 32 km long and 12 km at its widest point, connected to the mainland by an isthmus. The city was located opposite the entrance to the Gulf of Ambracia. Its name comes from the many limestone hills of the island. Corinthian colony was founded between 650 and 625 BC As the coin types indicate, Leucas was a Corinthian colony. These staters were widely used for trade with Syracuse and Italy. The city was the second production center for foals just after Corinth, the metropolis. This coinage continued until the destruction of Corinth in 306 BC Leucas was still the third and second centuries BC the issuer of the powerful league Acarnanienne created after 196 BC center After the collapse of the League in 167 BC, the city experienced an economic revival, which lasted until the beginning of the first century BC.