bgr_301771 - AKARNANIA - LEUKAS Statère

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Price : 420.00 €

Type : Statère

Date: c. 450 AC.

Mint name / Town : Leucas, Acarnanie

Metal : silver

Diameter : 23 mm

Orientation dies : 2 h.

Weight : 8,29 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan large, ovale et irrégulier, bien centré à l’usure importante, mais identifiable. Beaux types archaïsants. Patine gris foncé de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés

Catalogue references :

BMC.5 pl. XXXIV/1 - Cop.- - B. traité- - GC.2266 var.

Obverse

Obverse description : Pégase volant à droite.

Obverse legend : L

Obverse translation : (Leucas).

Reverse

Reverse description : Tête d'Athéna à droite, coiffée du casque corinthien.

Commentary

Très belle représentation archaïque de Pégase. Petite tête d’Athéna.
Very beautiful archaic representation of Pegasus. Little head of Athena

Historical background

AKARNANIA - LEUKAS

(5th century 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..

AKARNANIA - LEUKAS Statère XF

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