Artacoana

Mints

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 379

The mint at the ancient site of Artacoana in Aria. It may be the same settlement as Alexandria in Aria, founded by Alexander the Great in 330 BCE.

Die Studies

Item	Image	Metal	Weight
Artacoana (Seleucus II), silver, tetradrachms (Seleucus II/Apollo) (246-226 BCE)		Silver	2,680 kg
Artacoana (Antiochus II), silver, drachms (Antiochus I/Apollo on omphalos) (261-246 BCE)		Silver	84 kg
Artacoana (Antiochus II), silver, tetradrachms (antiochus I/Apollo on omphalos) (261-246 BCE)		Silver	1,139 kg
Artacoana (Seleucus II), silver, drachms (Seleucus I/Apollo and tripod) (246-226 BCE)		Silver	173 kg

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Description

Nomisma ID	artacoana
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Artacoana in Aria. It may be the same settlement as Alexandria in Aria, founded by Alexander the Great in 330 BCE.
Pleiades ID	30211
Ancient region	Bactria Nomisma: http://nomisma.org/browse?q=aria
Modern country	Afghanistan
Coordinates	34.341944° N, 62.203056° E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Artacoana https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/30211 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7555745

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Literature

• Ehling 1997

Authors

• Kay Ehling