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|Sale=Münzen und Medaillen 17 (04/10/2005), no. 618; Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel - Lagerliste 193 (1959), no. 7; Auktion 79 (1994), no. 268. 
|Image overstriking coin=Leukas_Chimère_Athéna.jpg
|Image reference overstriking coin=https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=250305
|Sale=Münzen und Medaillen, 17, 04 Oct. 2005, n°618; Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel - Lagerliste 193 (1959), no. 7; Auktion 79 (1994), no. 268. 
|Obverse description=Chimera left.
|Obverse description=Chimera left.
|Reverse legend=Λ
|Reverse legend=Λ
|Reverse legend language=Greek
|Reverse description=Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet.
|Reverse description=Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet.
|Mint=Leucas
|Mint=Leucas
|Ancient region=Acarnania
|Ancient region=Acarnania
|Date from=300
|Date from=300 BCE
|Date to=270
|Date to=270 BCE
|Period=Hellenistic
|Metal=Bronze
|Weight=6.15
|Weight=6.15
|Coin series reference=SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals, Danish National Museum (43 vols), 1942-1979, no. 367;P. A. Gardner, Catalogue of Greek Coins in the British Museum, Thessaly to Aetolia, London, 1883, p. 174, no. 1-10;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. 859
|Diameter=20
|Coin reference=https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=250305
|Coin series reference=SNG Copenhagen 3, n°367; BMC Thessaly, n°1-10, p.174; HGC 4, n°859
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Apollo, wearing laurel wreath.
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Apollo, wearing laurel wreath.
|Overstruck reverse legend=ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ
|Overstruck reverse legend=ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3609


300 BCE - 270 BCE | Λ

Images
Overstriking coin
Leukas_Chimère_Athéna.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Münzen und Medaillen, 17, 04 Oct. 2005, n°618; Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel - Lagerliste 193 (1959), no. 7; Auktion 79 (1994), no. 268. 

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Chimera left. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Λ (Greek) Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet.
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. 300 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 270 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: 6.156.15 g <br />6,150 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=250305 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: SNG Copenhagen 31SNG Copenhagen 3, n°367, BMC Thessaly2BMC Thessaly, n°1-10, p.174, HGC 43HGC 4, n°859

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Apollo, wearing laurel wreath. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ Horseman right.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Macedon Modern countryModern country: 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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  SNG Copenhagen 3. Thessaly-Illyricum. Epirus-Acarnania. Aetolia-Euboea. Attica-Aegina. Corinth. Philiasia-Laconia. Argolis-Aegean Islands, Copenhagen, 1982.
  2. ^  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.
  3. ^  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.