Tetradrachm

Features

Issuer Akanthos (Macedon)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 490 BC
Value Tetradrachm (4)
Currency Drachm
Composition Silver
Weight 17.20 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered, incuse
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
171996
References SNG ANS 7# 1-4,
Nancy Waggoner; 1987. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum / Part 7. Macedonia 1 (Cities, Thraco-Macedonian Tribes, Paeonian kings) : The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. American Numismatic Society, New York, United States.
BostonMFA# 516,
Agnes Baldwin Brett; 1955. Catalogue of Greek Coins. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
SNG Lockett# 1280
Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson, Richard Cyril Lockett; 1938. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum (Great Britain) / Volume 3.1. The Lockett Collection : Spain - Italy (Gold and Silver). Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom.
And 4 more volumes.

Obverse

Lion to left, attacking bull kneeling to right, head lifted. In exergue, a flower

Reverse

Quadripartite incuse square

Mint

Acanthus, Macedon, modern-day Ierissos, Greece

Comments

Desneux 9; Traité I 1056.

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold TetradrachmPicture 1 of a sold Tetradrachm
Heritage Auctions
2023 January 17 - 18 NYINC World & Ancient Coins Signature Auction 3106
Lot 33013
Internet Archive
17 Jan 2023 XF
(NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 4/5)
USD 4080.00
(incl. buyer's premium)
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