Didrachm - Damylos

Features

Issuer	Leukas (Akarnania)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	167 BC - 100 BC
Value	Didrachm (2)
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	8.05 g
Diameter	21 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 541872
References	Callataÿ Late# 28-49 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# 86 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , SNG Copenhagen# 381 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , SNG Delepierre# 1244 Hélène Nicolet-Pierre, Georges Le Rider; 1983. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, France / Volume 1. Bibliothèque nationale de France: Collection Jean et Marie Delepierre. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France. , SNG Fitzwilliam# 2764 Fritz Heichelheim. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume IV - The Fitzwilliam Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (8 volumes). , BCD Akarnania# 299-300 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# 1011 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# 8 Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer; 1878. Die Münzen Akarnaniens. Druck der k.-k. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna, Austria. , Rhousopoulos# 1580 Jacob Hirsch; 1905. Auctions-Catalog einer hochbedeutenden Sammlung Griechischer Münzen: aus dem Nachlasse eines bekannten Archäologen = Auctions catalog of a highly important collection of Greek coins. Munich, Bavaria, Germany. , Postolakas# 677 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

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

Reverse

Prow of galley decorated with laurel branch right; magistrate's name above, monogram to right.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΛEYKAΔIΩN
ΔΑΜΥΛΟΣ

Mint

Leucas, Acarnania, modern-day Kariotes, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (167 BC - 100 BC)							$ 480

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Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. France 1. Collection Jean et Marie Delepierre 1244; Callataÿ Late 39

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Harlan J. Berk Buy or Bid Sale 218 Lot 55	10 Feb 2022	VF	USD 700.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Harlan J. Berk, LTD
	Roma Numismatics Auction XV Lot 77	5 Apr 2018	VF	USD 483.27 (GBP 360.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	H. D. Rauch Auction 101 Lot 1328	19 Apr 2016	VF	USD 441.34 (EUR 380.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© H. D. Rauch
	Münzen & Medaillen GmbH Auction 23 Lot 300	18 Oct 2007	VF	USD 783.96 (EUR 675.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Bourgey, 15–17 December, 1909, lot 133; Spink, 25, 1982, lot 66 = BCD Akarnania 300 = Callataÿ Late 32
© Münzen & Medaillen GmbH
	Münzen & Medaillen GmbH Auction 23 Lot 299	18 Oct 2007	VF	USD 290.35 (EUR 250.00) (+ buyer's premium)
= BCD Akarnania 299 = Callataÿ Late 44
© Münzen & Medaillen GmbH
	The New York Sale Auction 9 Lot 78	13 Jan 2005	VF	USD 275.00 (+ buyer's premium)
= Callataÿ Late 29
© The New York Sale
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: CNG Electronic Auction 81 Lot 24	21 Jan 2004	VF	USD 195.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Mail Bid Sale 64 Lot 172	24 Sep 2003	VF	Unsold
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Münzen & Medaillen GmbH Auction 11 Lot 643	7 Nov 2002	VF	USD 290.35 (EUR 250.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Kölner Münzkabinett, Cologne 32 (1982), 100; = Callataÿ Late 49
© Münzen & Medaillen GmbH
	Münzen & Medaillen GmbH Auction 8 Lot 141	10 May 2001	VF	Unsold
Ex Burgan, 5 November, 1993, lot 76; = Callataÿ Late 38
© Münzen & Medaillen GmbH