v11_0043 - MACEDONIA - AKANTHOS Tétradrachme
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 1 219.59 €
Estimate : 2 439.18 €
Realised price : 1 219.59 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 1 524.49 €
Starting price : 1 219.59 €
Estimate : 2 439.18 €
Realised price : 1 219.59 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 1 524.49 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 500-480 AC.
Mint name / Town : Macédoine, Acanthe
Metal : silver
Diameter : 25 mm
Weight : 17,02 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan légèrement irrégulier, mais sujets complets avec une frappe vigoureuse. Petit manque de métal à 12 heures
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Lion attaquant à droite un taureau tourné à gauche, tournant la tête à droite ; ligne de sol .
Reverse
Reverse description : Carré creux quadripartit.
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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