v41_0110 - MACEDONIA - AKANTHOS Tetrobole
MONNAIES 41 (2009)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Tetrobole
Date: c. 470-400 AC.
Mint name / Town : Acanthe, Macédoine
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15 mm
Weight : 2,05 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan mince, bien centré des deux côtés. Usure importante, mais parfaitement identifiable des deux côtés. Patine gris foncé de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : A.
Obverse description : Protomé de taureau agenouillé à gauche, tournant la tête à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Carré creux quadripartite.
Commentary
Poids léger.
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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