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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3576

320 BCE - 280 BCE | ΛΕ

Images

Overstriking coin

Kremydi_11.png

Traces of the overstruck variety

Kremydi_11_OV.png

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Athens, Numismatic Museum, Mουρούζη Ποστολάκκας collection 731.

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: 2.832.83 g <br />2,830 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Kremydi-Sicilianou 2000, p.61-77, n11°α.	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	BCD Akarnanien und Aetolien1BCD Akarnanien und Aetolien, n°239, 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

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek)

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:

Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC), Macedonian kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 336 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 323 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

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:

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 {{Overstrike
+|Image overstriking coin=Kremydi_11.png
+|Image overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin=Kremydi_11_OV.png
 |Museum collection=Athens, Numismatic Museum, Mουρούζη Ποστολάκκας collection 731.
-|Private collection=Mουρούζη Ποστολάκκας collection
 |Obverse description=Head of bull with man face (Achelaos) left. In field, monogram.
-|Reverse legend=Monogram ΛΕ
+|Reverse legend=ΛΕ
+|Reverse legend language=Greek
 |Reverse description=Trident. In field, dolphin.
 |Mint=Leucas
 |Ancient region=Acarnania
-|Date from=320
+|Date from=320 BCE
-|Date to=280
+|Date to=280 BCE
+|Period=Hellenistic
+|Metal=Bronze
 |Weight=2.83
-|Axis=12 h
+|Axis=12
-|Coin reference=S. Kremydi-Sicilianou, "Makedonia chai Akarnania : e chrese Makedonikon Chalkon gia ten kope Akarnanikon ekdoseon (Macedonia and Acarnania : Acarnanian coins struck on Macedonian bronzes)", Nomisma oto Makedoniko choro praktika v'epistemonikes synanteses ... [et al], Thessalonique, 2000, p. 61-77, no. 11α.
+|Coin reference=Kremydi-Sicilianou 2000, p.61-77, n11°α.
-|Coin series reference=Münzen & Medaillen (Deutschland). Sammlung BCD : Akarnanien und Aetolien. Auction 23 (18 October 2007), Stuttgart, 2007, no. 239 and 241.1-3;P. A. Gardner, Catalogue of Greek Coins in the British Museum, Thessaly to Aetolia, London, 1883, p. 175, no. 23 ; O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Greece. Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris, and Corinthia. Sixth to Fisrt Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4, Lancaster-London, 2014, no. 869
+|Coin series reference=BCD Akarnanien und Aetolien, n°239, 241.1-3; BMC Thessaly, p.175, n°23 ; HGC 4, n°869
+|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/leucas.bmc.21-25
 |Overstruck obverse description=Head
 |Overstruck reverse legend=AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
+|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
+|Overstruck mint=Macedonia (uncertain mint)
 |Overstruck ancient region=Macedon
-|Overstruck authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)
+|Overstruck authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC); Macedonian kingdom
+|Overstruck date from=336 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=323 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Classical
+|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
+|Level of confidence=sure
 }}