3609 - Leucas (AE Chimera/Athena) over Philip II (Apollo/rider) (Münzen & Medaillen, 17, Oct. 2005, 618): Difference between revisions
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|Sale=Münzen und Medaillen 17 | |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 | |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 |
Revision as of 13:31, 19 April 2024
300 BCE - 270 BCE | Λ
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Overstriking coin

Leukas_Chimère_Athéna.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | 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 ![]() |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze ![]() |
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. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Macedon | Modern countryModern country: | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | 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 ᵖ: |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
RemarksRemarks: |
References
- ^ SNG Copenhagen 3. Thessaly-Illyricum. Epirus-Acarnania. Aetolia-Euboea. Attica-Aegina. Corinth. Philiasia-Laconia. Argolis-Aegean Islands, Copenhagen, 1982.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.