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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Akanthos (Macedon) |
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| Year | 430 BC - 390 BC |
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| Weight | 16.96 g |
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| Obverse lettering | ΔI |
| Reverse description | A quadripartite square in relief occupies the central field, divided into four raised sections by incuse lines in a shallow sunken square, forming the characteristic mill-sail incuse pattern common to early Macedonian and Thracian coinage. The ethnic inscription AKANΘION is arranged around the incuse square, identifying the issuing city of Akanthos. The letters are rendered in archaic Greek script and follow the contour of the divided incuse compartments. The overall design is stark and geometric, consistent with the reverse treatment of northern Greek city-state coinage of the fifth and early fourth centuries BC. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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