SO 496 - Leucas over uncertain mint

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3832

320 BCE - 280 BCE | ΛΕ

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of bull with man face (Achelaos) left. In field, monogram.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΛΕ (Greek) Trident. In field, dolphin.

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. 320 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 280 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.553.55 g <br />3,550 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:	Kremydi-Sicilianou 2000, p.61-77, n°10α., BMC Thessaly, n°25.	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	BCD Akarnanien und Aetolien1BCD Akarnanien und Aetolien, n°239, n°241.1-3, BMC Thessaly2BMC Thessaly, p.175, n°23, HGC 43HGC 4, n°869
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/leucas.bmc.21-25

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Apollo, wearing laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ (Greek) Horseman right.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Macedonia (uncertain mint)

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Macedon

Modern countryModern country: Greece

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

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}

, Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

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

^ Münzen & Medaillen (Deutschland). Sammlung BCD : Akarnanien und Aetolien. Auction 23, 18 October 2007, Stuttgart, 591 lots.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Troxell, Hyla A. (1994), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 8. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Macedonia 2. Alexander I - Philip II, New York
^ 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.