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bgr_749211 - MACEDONIA - AKANTHOS Tetrobole

MACEDONIA - AKANTHOS Tetrobole AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2022)
Price : 280.00 €
Type : Tetrobole
Date: c. 430-390 AC.
Mint name / Town : Acanthe, Macédoine
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Weight : 2,21 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Joli protomé de taureau, bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise
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.

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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