Ambracia

Mints

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 236

The mint at the ancient site of Ambracia in Epirus.

Die Studies

Item	Image	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
Ambracia, silver, staters (Pegasus/Athena) (485-475 BCE)		Silver	2,430 kg
Ambracia, silver, staters (Pegasus/Athena) (456-404 BCE)		Silver	7,136 kg
Ambracia, silver, staters (Pegasus/Athena) (404-338 BCE)		Silver	6,115 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
3613 - Ambracia (stater Pegasus/Athena) over Corinthian type (Pegasus/Athena) (Gorny & Mosch, 259, Oct. 2018, 3249)		Silver	360 BC JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
2004 - Caulonia (nomos Apollo/stag) over Ambracia (Pegasus/Athena) (Paris, BnF, de Luynes 696)		Silver	475 BC JL
1853 - Taras (nomos rider/Taras FB 50) over Ambracia (Pegasus/Athena) (Dewing coll. - Noe 1957, pl. XI, k)		Silver	343 BC JL

Description

Nomisma IDNomisma ID	ambracia
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Ambracia in Epirus.
Pleiades IDUnique ID of the Pleiades place resource	530794
Ancient regionAncient region.	Epirus Nomisma: epirus
Modern countryModern country	Greece
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	39.154876° N, 20.990258° E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Ambracia https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/530794 http://sws.geonames.org/6943434/ http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/place/x49709 http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7010721

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Literature

• Kraay 1977
• Kraay 1979
• Ravel 1928

Authors

• Colin M. Kraay
• Oscar E. Ravel