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Hemidrachm Kragos
| Issuer | Lycian League |
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| Year | 48 BC - 23 BC |
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| Value | Hemidrachm (1/2) |
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| Obverse lettering | Λ Υ |
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| Mintage | ND (48 BC - 23 BC) |
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The Lycian League was one of the ancient world's earliest federal systems, later studied by Montesquieu and cited by Madison in the Federalist Papers as a model for republican confederation. By the mid-first century BC, the League operated under increasing Roman pressure following Brutus's brutal 42 BC siege of Xanthos, after which much of the region's political infrastructure was reorganized under Roman supervision. Coinage from this window reflects a League still nominally autonomous but operating within tight constraints imposed by the post-Philippi settlement.
The Kragos type, catalogued under Aulock 4300, is among the less frequently encountered hemidrachm varieties of this period.