25007 - Leucas (AR Pegasus/Athena) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, EA 28, Dec. 2023, 1061)
From SILVER
350 BCE - 320 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin
Leucas_Leu_stater.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Leu Numismatik, EA 28, 9 Dec. 2023, 1061 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Pegasus flying right. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet, behind neckguard, Λ and kerykeion |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Leucas | Ancient regionAncient region. | Acarnania | Modern countryModern country: Greece | AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 350 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 320 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC  , Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.538.53 g <br />8,530 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br /> | |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2424 mm <br />2.4 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=12005644 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | BCD Akarnanien und Aetolien1BCD Akarnanien und Aetolien, n° 221, Calciati 19902Calciati 1990, n°92 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Horse left. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Modern countryModern country: | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | "Traces of overstriking (?) on the obverse" | ||
