S 1817 - Acanthus, silver, tetrobols (Period D-E) (465-430 BCE)

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465 BCE - 430 BCE Silver 1,430 kg

Description
Obverse: Forepart of bull left, head right
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Acanthus Ancient region: Macedon Modern country: Greece Authority:
Chronology
From 465 BCE to 430 BCE Period: Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org
Physical description
Metal: Silver Nomisma.org Median weight in grams 2.50 Denomination: tetrobol Nomisma.org Standard:
Image
]]S1817 Acanthus tetrobols D-E.jpg [1]
References
Die study reference: "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Tselekas 1996, p. 253, 260-262
Coin series reference: "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 3.1, n° 392
Coin series web reference:



Obverse dies distribution
Frequency ᵖ Number of obverses ᵖ (o) % (o) Number of coins (n) % (n) Die name
1 10 52.63 10 23.81 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 79, 81, 82
2 4 21.05 8 19.05 75, 76, 80, 83
3 2 10.53 6 14.29 65, 69
4 1 5.26 4 9.52 77
5 1 5.26 5 11.9 78
9 1 5.26 9 21.43 74
Total 19 of 19 99.99 42 of 42 100
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation

References

  1. ^  Tselekas, Panagiotis (1996), The Coinage of Acanthus, Oxford, St Cross College, DPhil, 350 p., 7 maps, 53 pl.
  2. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.