3108 - Leucas (AE Chimera/man headed bull) over Philip II (Apollo/rider) (Münzen & Medaillen, 23, Oct. 2007, 236)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3108

279 BCE - 250 BCEMonogram ΛΕ

Images

Overstriking coin

Leucas_M&M, _23, _18_Oct._2007, _236.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Stock A. H. Baldwin & Sons, March 1975 = Münzen & Medaillen, 23, 18 Oct. 2007, 236 = Paul-Francis Jacquier, 51-52, 15 Sept. 2023, 514
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	BCD collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Monogram ΛΕ 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. 279 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 250 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: 4.844.84 g <br />4,840 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 99 mm <br />0.9 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1919 mm <br />1.9 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Kremydi-Sicilianou 2000, n° 8α	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	BMC Thessaly1BMC Thessaly, n° 15-18, p. 175, SNG Copenhagen 32SNG Copenhagen 3, n° 369, Kremydi-Sicilianou 20003Kremydi-Sicilianou 2000, n° 8α, HGC 44HGC 4, n° 861
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/leucas.bmc.15-20

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.. 336 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

SNG ANS 8 Macedonia 25SNG ANS 8 Macedonia 2, n° 919, HGC 3.16HGC 3.1, n° 883

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"überprägt auf Bronze des Philippos II. von Makedonien"