LYCIAN LEAGUE SILVER HEMIDRACHM____Kragos Mint____THE FIRST DEMOCRATIC UNION

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19V30
FRASCATIUS ANCIENTS
A BEAUTIFUL SILVER HEMIDRACHM OF THE LYCIAN LEAGUE (KRAGOS MINT) FROM THE 1ST CENTURY BC .
The Lycian League is the first known democratic union in history. The “Lycian Confederation” is mentioned four times in the U S Federalist Papers that were produced between 1787–1788.
THE SIZE IS 15.8 MM AND 1.82 GRAMS.
SNG Cop 88-92
OBVERSE – Laureate head of Apollo right
REVERSE – Lyre within incuse square, M A on either side
THE LYCIAN LEAGUE
The Lycian League is the first known democratic union in history. The Lycians always had an instinct for collaboration with a strong regional-cultural identity and Lycia is famous for its tradition of independent city-states that joined in the strong Lycian League that was in many ways a model political organization. Despite the steep geography that divides the lands of Lycia, some invasions of foreign powers and some attempts of would-be tyrants to take power, the League remained strong.
Lycia's system of elected representatives was unique in the ancient world and much admired by ancient writers and later peoples. In fact, the writers of the constitution of the United States studied the Lycian federal system of government with proportional representation as a possible model for their own government. Not many of us know, but Alexander Hamilton and James Madison knew. The “Lycian Confederation” is mentioned four times in the U S Federalist Papers that were produced between 1787–1788.
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