v38_0146 - AKARNANIA - LEUKAS Statère
MONNAIES 38 (2009)
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Statère
Date: c. 330-306 AC.
Mint name / Town : Leucas
Metal : silver
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,38 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, légèrement décentré au droit avec un plat de frappe sur le poitrail de Pégase. Très beau portrait d’Athéna au revers. Recouvert d’une fine et jolie patine de collection avec des reflets dorés, légèrement tachéee au droit
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Pégase volant à gauche.
Obverse legend : L
Reverse
Reverse description : Tête d'Athéna à gauche, coiffée du casque corinthien ; derrière, la stylis (mât).
Reverse legend : L/(AG)
Reverse translation : (Leucas).
Commentary
Au revers, dans le catalogue du British Museum, le symbole est décrit comme un mât décoré. Il s’agit en fait de la stylis, symbole de victoire navale que l’on retrouve au revers des statères d’Alexandre le Grand, tenu par Niké. Un exemplaire s’est vendu dans MONNAIES 34, n° 148, 360€ avec une offre maximum à 428€.
On the reverse, in the British Museum catalog, the symbol is described as a decorated mast. It is in fact the stylis, a symbol of naval victory found on the reverse of the staters of Alexander the Great, held by Nike. One example sold in COINS 34, No. 148, for €360 with a maximum bid of €428
On the reverse, in the British Museum catalog, the symbol is described as a decorated mast. It is in fact the stylis, a symbol of naval victory found on the reverse of the staters of Alexander the Great, held by Nike. One example sold in COINS 34, No. 148, for €360 with a maximum bid of €428
Historical background
AKARNANIA - LEUKAS
(350-306 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. Leucas was still in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC the transmitting center of the powerful Acarnanian league, created after 196 BC. After the dislocation of the league in 167 BC, the city underwent an economic revival which lasted until the beginning of the 1st century BC..
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