bgr_966781 - MACEDONIA - AKANTHOS Hemiobole
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Type : Hemiobole
Date: c. 470-465 AC.
Mint name / Town : Acanthe, Macédoine
Metal : silver
Diameter : 8,5 mm
Weight : 0,40 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure régulière. Jolie tête de boeuf, agréable. Patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête et cou de bœuf à droite entouré d’un grènetis perlé.
Reverse
Reverse description : Carré creux quadripartite.
Historical background
MACEDONIA - AKANTHOS
(6th - 5th century BC)
Acanthe, founded in the 7th century BC, was a colony of Andros, an island in the Aegean Sea located on the peninsula of Acté. The workshop had a very important production from the end of the 6th century BC thanks to the mines which were in this region.
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