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Tetrobol - Akanthos
| Issuer | Akanthos |
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| Year | 470 BC - 430 BC |
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| Reference(s) | SNG ANS 7#31, SNG Ashmolean#2208, HGC 3.1#392, GCV#1369 |
| Obverse description | Forepart of a bull advancing to the left, the head dramatically turned back to the right in a characteristic Akanthian style, rendered in high relief with carefully incised musculature. The animal's horns, nostrils, and eye are boldly articulated, conveying naturalistic power within the archaic Greek artistic tradition. The type is enclosed within a dotted border (beaded circle), which frames the composition and is clearly visible on the flan. No legend is present, the bull itself serving as the principal civic emblem of Akanthos. |
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| Mint | Akanthos (Chalcidice, Macedonia) |
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Akanthos, a Macedonian coastal colony founded by Andrians, derived its considerable wealth from timber and silver from the mines of the surrounding Chalkidike — wealth visible in the quality and consistency of its coinage through the fifth century. The tetrobol sits below the more frequently encountered tetradrachm series in the denominational hierarchy, and survives in far smaller numbers, almost certainly reflecting lower production volumes rather than heavier circulation loss.