v57_0104 - AKARNANIA - LEUKAS Statère
MONNAIES 57 (2013)
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Statère
Date: c. 350-330 AC.
Mint name / Town : Leucas, Acarnanie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 8,19 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés. Joli Pégase au droit. Beau portrait d’Athéna au revers. Patine de collection avec des reflets mordorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Pégase volant à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Tête d'Athéna à droite, coiffée du casque corinthien ; derrière un caducée.
Reverse legend : L.
Reverse translation : (Leucas).
Commentary
Sur cet exemplaire, il n’y a pas de lambda au droit et seul le revers permet de restituer ce statère à l’atelier de Leucas.
Historical background
AKARNANIA - LEUKAS
(400-350 BC)
Leucas is an island 32 km long and 12 km at its widest point, connected to the land by an isthmus. The city was located opposite the entrance to the Gulf of Ambracia. Its name comes from the many limestone hills on the island. The Corinthian colony was founded between 650 and 625 BC. As the monetary types indicate, Leucas was a Corinthian colony. These staters were widely used for trade with Syracuse and Italy. The city was the second production center for foals just after Corinth, the metropolis. This coinage lasted until the destruction of Corinth in 306 BC..
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