Acanthus

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 401

The mint at the ancient site of Acanthus in Macedon.

Die Studies

Item	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
Acanthus, silver, tetradrachms (lion attacking bull/incuse square) (Period A) (525-500 BCE) Tselekas	Silver	13,331 kg
Acanthus, silver, tetrobols (forepart of bull/incuse square) (Period A) (525-500 BCE)	Silver	329 kg
Acanthus, silver, tritetartemoria (calf head/incuse square) (Period A) (525-500 BCE)	Silver	660 kg
Acanthus, silver, tetradrachms (lion attacking bull/incuse square) (510-465 BCE) Desneux	Silver	102,935 kg
S 1805 - Acanthus, silver, tetradrachms (Period B) (500-478 BCE) Tselekas	Silver	136,461 kg
S 1813 - Acanthus, silver, drachms (Period B) (500-478 BCE)	Silver	2,936 kg
S 1811 - Acanthus, silver, tetrobols (Period B) (500-478 BCE)	Silver	2,532 kg
S 1814 - Acanthus, silver, diobols (Period B) (500-478 BCE)	Silver	1,164 kg
S 1812 - Acanthus, silver, tritetartemoria (Period B) (500-478 BCE)	Silver	755 kg
S 1806 - Acanthus, silver, tetradrachms (Period C) (478-465 BCE) Tselekas	Silver	148,568 kg
S 1815 - Acanthus, silver, tetrobols (Period C) (478-465 BCE)	Silver	1,224 kg
S 1816 - Acanthus, silver, tritetartemoria (Period C) (478-465 BCE)	Silver	411 kg
S 1807 - Acanthus, silver, tetradrachms (Period D-E) (465-430 BCE) Tselekas	Silver	46,088 kg
Acanthus, silver, tetradrachms (lion attacking bull/legend in incuse square) (465-424 BCE) Desneux	Silver	31,341 kg
S 1817 - Acanthus, silver, tetrobols (Period D-E) (465-430 BCE)	Silver	1,430 kg
S 1818 - Acanthus, silver, diobols (Period D-E) (465-430 BCE)	Silver	515 kg
S 1819 - Acanthus, silver, tritetartemoria (Period E) (460-430 BCE)	Silver	192 kg
S 1808 - Acanthus, silver, tetradrachms (Period F-G) (430-350 BCE) Tselekas	Silver	20,572 kg
S 1820 - Acanthus, silver, tetrobols (Period F) (430-380 BCE)	Silver	9,087 kg
S 1821 - Acanthus, silver, diobols (Period F) (430-380 BCE)	Silver	920 kg
S 1822 - Acanthus, silver, obols (Period F) (430-380 BCE)	Silver	557 kg
S 1823 - Acanthus, silver, tritetartemoria (Period F) (430-380 BCE)	Silver	377 kg
AC 148 - Acanthus, silver, tetradrachms (424-380 BCE) Desneux	Silver	21,414 kg

Overstriking coins

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Overstruck coins

Item	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.
16249 - Scione (tetradrachm lion & stag/incuse square) over Acanthus (lion & bull/incuse square) (Athens, Alpha Bank, Inv. n° 6308)	Silver	520 BC ^JL
16251 - Scione (tetradrachm lion & stag/incuse square) over Acanthus (lion & bull/incuse square) (Winterthur, 1408)	Silver	520 BC ^JL
3837 - Mende (tetradrachm donkey/incuse square) over Acanthus (lion & bull/incuse square) (New York, ANS, 293)	Silver	520 BC ^JL
3560 - Terone (tetradrachm amphora/incuse square) over Acanthus (lion & bull/incuse square) (Classical Numismatic Auctions, 8, Sept. 1989, 47)	Silver	500 BC ^JL
3512 - Terone (tetradrachm amphora/incuse square) over Acanthus (lion & bull/incuse square) (Athens, Alpha Bank, 6327)	Silver	500 BC ^JL
3325 - Terone (tetradrachm amphora/incuse square) over Acanthus (lion & bull/incuse square) (London, BM, BNK,G.136)	Silver	490 BC ^JL
3604 - Terone (tetradrachm amphora/incuse square) over Acanthus (lion & bull/incuse square) (Numismatic Fine Arts, 32, June 1993, 35)	Silver	490 BC ^JL
3778 - Terone (tetradrachm amphora/incuse square) over Acanthus (lion & bull/incuse square) (Cambridge, Mas., Fogg Art Museum, 59)	Silver	490 BC ^JL
2918 - Sermyle (tetradrachm rider/incuse square) over Acanthus (lion & bull/incuse square) (Athens, Alpha Bank, 4226)	Silver	480 BC ^JL
2218 - Croton (nomos tripod/incuse tripod) over Acanthus (bull & lion/incuse square) (Spink, 5014, Sept. 2005, 17)	Silver	480 BC ^JL
3028 - Sermyle (tetradrachm rider/incuse square) over Acanthus (lion & bull/incuse square) (Athens, NM, 1928/1066)	Silver	480 BC ^JL

Description

Nomisma IDNomisma ID	acanthus
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Acanthus in Macedon.
Pleiades IDUnique ID of the Pleiades place resource	501339
Ancient regionAncient region.	Macedon Nomisma: macedon
Modern countryModern country	Greece
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	40.399750° N, 23.880112° E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Acanthus_(Greece) https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/501339 http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/place/x46149 http://geonames.org/736130 http://sws.geonames.org/736130/

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