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{{Overstrike
|Sale=Münzen und Medaillen 23 (18/10/2007), no. 237.
|Image overstriking coin=Leucas_Münzen_und_Medaillen, _23, _18_Oct._2007, _n°237.jpg
|Obverse legend=Monogram ΛΕ
|Image reference overstriking coin=https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=409421
|Image overstruck variety=Philip II Apollo r. rider.jpg
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2374092&AucID=5843&Lot=47
|Sale=Münzen und Medaillen, 23, 18 Oct. 2007, 237
|Obverse legend=ΛΕ
|Obverse legend language=Greek
|Obverse description=Chimera left.
|Obverse description=Chimera left.
|Reverse description=Head of bull with man face (Achelaos). In field, monogram. Border of dots.
|Reverse description=Head of bull with man face (Achelaos). In field, monogram. Border of dots.
|Mint=Leucas
|Mint=Leucas
|Ancient region=Acarnania
|Ancient region=Acarnania
|Date from=280
|Date from=280 BCE
|Date to=250
|Date to=250 BCE
|Weight=4,52
|Period=Hellenistic
|Axis=1 h
|Metal=Bronze
|Coin series reference=BCD Akarnania,no. 237 and  238.3-5.;P. A. Gardner, Catalogue of Greek Coins in the British Museum, Thessaly to Aetolia, London, 1883, p. 175, no. 15-18;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. 862
|Weight=4.52
|Axis=1
|Coin series reference=BMC Thessaly, n° 15-18, p. 175; HGC 4, n° 862
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/leucas.bmc.15-20
|Overstruck obverse description=Diademed head of Apollo left
|Overstruck reverse legend=ΦIΛIΠΠOY
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
|Overstruck reverse description=Youth on horseback left; below horse
|Overstruck mint=Macedonia (uncertain mint)
|Overstruck ancient region=Macedon
|Overstruck ancient region=Macedon
|Overstruck authority=Philip II (Argead king, 359-336 BC)
|Overstruck authority=Philip II (Argead king, 359-336 BC)
|Overstruck date from=359 BCE
|Overstruck date to=336 BCE
|Overstruck period=Classical
|Coin series reference overstruck=SNG ANS 8 Macedonia 2, n° 872; HGC 3.1, n° 882
|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated
|Level of confidence=sure
|Remarks="überprägt auf eine Bronze des Philippos II. von Makedonien"
}}
}}

Latest revision as of 10:27, 7 May 2024

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2985


280 BCE - 250 BCEΛΕ

Images
Overstriking coin
Leucas_Münzen_und_Medaillen, _23, _18_Oct._2007, _n°237.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Philip II Apollo r. rider.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Münzen und Medaillen, 23, 18 Oct. 2007, 237

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΛΕ (Greek) Chimera left. 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: 4.524.52 g <br />4,520 mg <br /> AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: BMC Thessaly1BMC Thessaly, n° 15-18, p. 175, HGC 42HGC 4, n° 862
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Diademed head of Apollo left ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΦIΛIΠΠOY (Greek) Youth on horseback left, below horse
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. : 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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : SNG ANS 8 Macedonia 23SNG ANS 8 Macedonia 2, n° 872, HGC 3.14HGC 3.1, n° 882
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and concentrated Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: "überprägt auf eine Bronze des Philippos II. von Makedonien"