SO 496 - Leucas over uncertain mint

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3832

320 - 280 | Monogram ΛΕ

Images

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	London, British Museum (chercher BMC)

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.:

Monogram ΛΕ 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 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 280

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:	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.: 4 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

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 series referenceReference to coin series study:

Münzen & Medaillen (Deutschland). Sammlung BCD : Akarnanien und Aetolien. Auction 23 (18 October 2007)1Münzen & Medaillen (Deutschland). Sammlung BCD : Akarnanien und Aetolien. Auction 23 (18 October 2007), Stuttgart, 2007, no. 239 and 241.1-3, P. A. Gardner2P. A. Gardner, Catalogue of Greek Coins in the British Museum, Thessaly to Aetolia, London, 1883, p. 175, no. 23, O. D. Hoover3O. 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

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:
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