Didrachm - Pisilaus

Features

Issuer	Leukas (Akarnania)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	167 BC - 100 BC
Value	Didrachm (2)
Currency	Drachma poddasza
Composition	Srebro
Weight	8.29 g
Diameter	22 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 543138
References	Callataÿ Late# 70-78 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. , BMC Greek# 99 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , de Luynes# 1940 Jean Babelon, Louis Ciani (ed.), Jules Florange (ed.). Catalogue de la collection de Luynes - monnaies grecques. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France (4 volumes). , BCD Akarnania# 309-310 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. , Blumer Akarnaniens# 29 Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer; 1878. Die Münzen Akarnaniens. Druck der k.-k. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna, Austria.

Obverse

(en) Statue of Aphrodite Aineias standing right, holding aphlaston in extended right hand; in background, forepart of stag right; to left, long sceptre surmounted by dove standing right; all within laurel wreath.

Reverse

(en) Prow right; monogram or fish below.

Script: grecki

Lettering:
ΛEYKAΔIΩN
ΠΕΙΣΙΛΑΟΣ

Mint

Leucas, Acarnania, modern-day Kariotes, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (167 BC - 100 BC)							$ 310

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Examples of the type

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Callataÿ Late 70

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Callataÿ Late 73; de Luynes 1940

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Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger Auction 364, lot 1096
Ex Hirsch 280, 1993, lot 203
Callataÿ Late 76

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Callataÿ Late 74

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Heritage Auctions 2020 January 21 NYINC World & Ancient Coins Signature Online Auction 3082 Lot 33043	21 Jan 2020	VF (NGC VF 4/5 - 4/5)	USD 310.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Heritage Auctions
	Münzen & Medaillen GmbH Auction 23 Lot 309	18 Oct 2007	VF	USD 534.29 (EUR 460.00) (+ buyer's premium)
=BCD Akarnania 309 = Callataÿ Late 78
© Münzen & Medaillen GmbH
	Münzen & Medaillen GmbH Auction 23 Lot 310	18 Oct 2007	VF	USD 522.67 (EUR 450.00) (+ buyer's premium)
=BCD Akarnania 310 = Callataÿ Late 71
© Münzen & Medaillen GmbH