3832 - Leucas (AE forepart of bull/trident) over Philip II (Apollo/rider) (London, BM, 25 - Kremydi 2000, 10)
From SILVER
320 BCE - 280 BCE | ΛΕ
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: | London, British Museum, BMC, n° 25 | |
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.: | ΛΕ (Greek) 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 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 280 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze | 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.: 44 mm <br />0.4 cm <br /> | |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | BMC Thessaly, n° 25, Kremydi 2000, n°10α | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | BMC Thessaly1 , Kremydi 20002 , BCD Akarnanien und Aetolien3 , HGC 44 |
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Apollo, wearing laurel wreath. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ (Greek) Horseman right. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Macedonia (uncertain mint) | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Macedon | Modern countryModern country: Greece | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Macedonian kingdom, 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.. 294 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC , Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | SNG ANS 8 Macedonia 25 , HGC 3.16 |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and spread | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
RemarksRemarks: |
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Kremydi 2000
- ^ Münzen & Medaillen (Deutschland). Sammlung BCD : Akarnanien und Aetolien. Auction 23, 18 October 2007, Stuttgart, 591 lots.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Troxell, Hyla A. (1994), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 8. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Macedonia 2. Alexander I - Philip II, New York
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.