v38_0145 - AKARNANIA - LEUKAS Statère
MONNAIES 38 (2009)
Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 195.00 €
Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 195.00 €
Type : Statère
Date: c. 375-330 AC.
Mint name / Town : Leucas
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 8,25 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, décentré au droit sur les antérieurs de Pégase. Très beau portrait d’Athéna au revers, bien venu à la frappe. Recouvert d’une fine et jolie patine de collection avec des reflets dorés
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, un caducée.
Reverse legend : L
Reverse translation : (Leucas).
Commentary
Ce type semble plus ancien et plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. Il manque à la collection BCD.
This type seems older and rarer than general works suggest. Missing from the BCD collection
This type seems older and rarer than general works suggest. Missing from the BCD collection
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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