bgr_720162 - MACEDONIA - AKANTHOS Unité
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Price : 220.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: c. 400-358 AC.
Mint name / Town : Acanthe, Macédoine
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 3,61 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale, centré. Très joli revers. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d’Athéna à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Légende dans une roue à quatre rayons.
Reverse legend : A-K-A-N
Reverse translation : (D’Acanthe).
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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