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|Sale=Münzen und Medaillen 23 (18/10/2007), no. 237.
|Image overstriking coin=Leukas_Chimère_Achelous2.jpg
|Image reference overstriking coin=https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=409421
|Sale=Münzen und Medaillen, 23, 18 Oct. 2007, n°237.
|Obverse legend=Monogram ΛΕ
|Obverse legend=Monogram 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
|Period=Hellenistic
|Metal=Bronze
|Weight=4.52
|Weight=4.52
|Axis=1 h
|Axis=1
|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
|Coin series reference=BCD Akarnania,n°237/238.3-5.; BMC Thessaly, n°15-18, p. 175; HGC 4, n°862
|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)
|Remarks="überprägt auf eine Bronze des Philippos II. von Makedonien"
}}
}}

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2985


280 BCE - 250 BCEMonogram ΛΕ

Images
Overstriking coin
Leukas_Chimère_Achelous2.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Münzen und Medaillen, 23, 18 Oct. 2007, n°237.

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Monogram 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: BCD Akarnania1BCD Akarnania,n°237/238.3-5., BMC Thessaly2BMC Thessaly, n°15-18, p. 175, HGC 43HGC 4, n°862

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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: "überprägt auf eine Bronze des Philippos II. von Makedonien"

References

  1. ^ BCD Akarnania 
  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.