SO 494 - Leucas over uncertain mint

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3471


280 BCE - 250 BCEΛΕ

Images
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
Philip II Apollo r. rider.jpg [1]
Location/history

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΛΕ (Greek) Chimera left. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Head of bull with man face (Achelaos). In field, monogram. Border of dots.
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. 280 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 250 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 6.056.05 g <br />6,050 mg <br /> AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 44 mm <br />0.4 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: BMC Thessaly, n°15, Kremydi-Sicilianou 2000, p.61-77, n°9α. Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: BMC Thessaly1BMC Thessaly, p.175, n°15-18, BCD Akarnanien und Aetolien2BCD Akarnanien und Aetolien, n°237, n°238.3-5, HGC 43HGC 4, n°862
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Apollo right. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ (Greek) Naked rider wearing petasus on horse prancing r.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Macedonia (uncertain mint) Ancient regionAncient region.  Macedon Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Macedonian kingdom, Philip II (Argead king, 359-336 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 359 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 294 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org, Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : SNG ANS 8 Macedonia 24SNG ANS 8 Macedonia 2, n° 919, HGC 3.15HGC 3.1, n° 883
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: strong
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Gardner, Percy (1883), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. vol. V : Thessaly to Aetolia, London, The Trustees, p. 234, pl. 32.
  2. ^  Münzen & Medaillen (Deutschland). Sammlung BCD : Akarnanien und Aetolien. Auction 23, 18 October 2007, Stuttgart, 591 lots.
  3. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.
  4. ^  Troxell, Hyla A. (1994), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 8. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Macedonia 2. Alexander I - Philip II, New York
  5. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.