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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3832

320 BCE - 280 BCE | ΛΕ

Images

Overstriking coin

Kremydi_10.png

Overstruck variety

Philip II Apollo r. rider.jpg [1]

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:

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 {{Overstrike
-|Museum collection=London, British Museum (chercher BMC)
+|Image overstriking coin=Kremydi_10.png
+|Image overstruck variety=Philip II Apollo r. rider.jpg
+|Image reference overstruck variety=https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7223177
 |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=3.55
-|Axis=4 h
+|Axis=4
-|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. 10α. ;  BMC, no. 25.
+|Coin reference=Kremydi-Sicilianou 2000, p.61-77, n°10α. ;  BMC Thessaly, n°25.
-|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, n°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 of Apollo, wearing laurel wreath.
 |Overstruck reverse legend=ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ
+|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
 |Overstruck reverse description=Horseman right.
+|Overstruck mint=Macedonia (uncertain mint)
 |Overstruck ancient region=Macedon
-|Overstruck authority=Philip II (Argead king, 359-336 BC)
+|Overstruck authority=Macedonian kingdom; Philip II (Argead king, 359-336 BC)
+|Overstruck date from=359 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=294 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Classical; Hellenistic
+|Coin series reference overstruck=SNG ANS 8 Macedonia 2, n° 919; HGC 3.1, n° 883
+|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
+|Level of confidence=strong
 }}