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 €

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 :

B. traité1673 pl. 53/6 - Cop.1

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.

MACEDONIA - AKANTHOS Hemiobole AU

250.00 €

Full data

MACEDONIA - AKANTHOS Tetrobole VF

175.00 €

Full data

MACEDONIA - AKANTHOS Tétradrachme AU

2130.00 €

Full data

MACEDONIA - AKANTHOS Hemiobole AU

230.00 €

Full data

MACEDONIA - AKANTHOS Unité XF/AU

100.00 €

Full data

v11_0043 - MACEDONIA - AKANTHOS Tétradrachme

Obverse

Reverse

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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