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Live auction - bgr_532888 - MACEDONIA - AKANTHOS Tétradrachme

MACEDONIA - AKANTHOS Tétradrachme AU
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Estimate : 4 000 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 04 June 2019 14:06:07
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 470-430 AC.
Mint name / Town : Acanthe, Macédoine
Metal : silver
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Weight : 16,50 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, bien centré des deux côtés. Joli droit bien venu à la frappe. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Jolie patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de Conseils Placements en 1994

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Lion attaquant à droite un taureau tourné à gauche, tournant la tête à droite ; ligne de sol .
Obverse legend : AKAN
Obverse translation : (Acanthe).

Reverse


Reverse description : Carré creux quadripartite.

Commentary


Ce type avec l’ethnique au-dessus de la scène semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous présentons ce type à la vente.

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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