Didrachm - Sostratos

Features

Issuer	Leukas (Akarnania)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	167 BC - 100 BC
Value	Didrachm (2)
Currency	Drachma poddasza
Composition	Srebro
Weight	8.07 g
Diameter	24 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 542737
References	Callataÿ Late# 19-20 François de Callataÿ; 2015. “The Late Hellenistic Didrachms of Leukas: Another Case of Greek Coinage for the Roman Army”, FIDES: Contributions to Numismatics in Honor of Richard B. Witschonke, pages 239-278. , BCD Akarnania# 294 Munzen & Medaillen Basel (publisher); 2007. Münzen & Medaillen Auktion / Volume 23: Sammlung BCD. Antike griechische Münzen, Akarnanien und Aetolien. Munzen & Medaillen Basel, Weil am Rhein, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. , Bement# 1010 William S. Kundig (ed.); 1924. Collection Clarence S. Bement / Monnaies grecques antiques en or et en argent. Naville & Cie, Geneva, Switzerland (2 volumes). , Blumer Akarnaniens# 36 Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer; 1878. Die Münzen Akarnaniens. Druck der k.-k. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna, Austria. , Postolakas# 687 Achilleus Postolakas; 1868. Κατάλογος των αρχαιων νομισματων των νησιων Κερκνρας, Λευκαδος, Ιθακης, Κεφαλληνιας, Ζακυθον και Κυθηρων συλλεχθεντων μεν υπο Παυλου Λαμπρου = List of ancient coins of the islands of Corfu, Lefkada, Ithaca, Kefallinia, Zakynthos and Kythera, collected by Pavlos Lambros. Athens, Greece.

Obverse

(en) Statue of Aphrodite Aineias standing right, holding aphlaston in extended right hand; in background, forepart of stag right; all within laurel wreath.

Reverse

(en) Prow of galley decorated with laurel branch right; above, the two Dioscuri caps.

Script: grecki

Lettering:
ΛEYKAΔIΩN
ΣΩΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ

Mint

Leucas, Acarnania, modern-day Kariotes, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (167 BC - 100 BC)

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Münzen & Medaillen GmbH Auction 23 Lot 294	18 Oct 2007	VF	USD 1161.04 (EUR 1000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Naville, 6, 28 January 1924 (Bement), 1010; Stack’s, 15, 17 March 1979, 102; = Bement 1010 = BCD Akarnania 294 = Callataÿ Late 19
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