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Live auction - bgr_621155 - MACEDONIA - AKANTHOS Tetrobole

MACEDONIA - AKANTHOS Tetrobole AU/AU
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Estimate : 500 €
Price : 310 €
Maximum bid : 504 €
End of the sale : 27 October 2020 14:08:03
bidders : 2 bidders
Type : Tetrobole
Date: c. 470-400 AC.
Mint name / Town : Acanthe, Macédoine
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15 mm
Weight : 2,04 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Très beau protomé de taureau. Patine grise de collection
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Protomé de taureau agenouillé à gauche, tournant la tête à droite.
Obverse legend : GE.

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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