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Price : 420.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 420.00 €
Type : Statère ou didrachme
Date: c. 320-280 AC.
Mint name / Town : Leucas, Acarnanie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,28 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés à l’usure plus marquée au droit sur l’aile de Pégase. Joli revers de style fin. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Pégase volant à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse description : Tête d'Athéna à droite, coiffée du casque corinthien ; derrière, un hameçon.
Reverse legend : L.
Commentary
Type sans ethnique au droit.
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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