Bruun Rasmussen
Online Auction 2323 18 Jun 2023
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Ancient coins
Greece
The Hellenistic Monarchies
Macedonian Kingdom
Ancient Greece, Macedonia, Akanthos, Tetradrachm, c. 470–430 BC, cf. SNG ANS 13, cf. Desneux 95ff., 16.87 g - nicely centered
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This compositionally very impressive type with a lion killing a bull has been linked to Herodotus's account that on the march of Xerxes from Akanthos to Therma, lions seized the camels which carried the provisions.
Greece
The Hellenistic Monarchies
Macedonian Kingdom
Ancient Greece, Macedonia, Akanthos, Tetradrachm, c. 470–430 BC, cf. SNG ANS 13, cf. Desneux 95ff., 16.87 g - nicely centered
VF
This compositionally very impressive type with a lion killing a bull has been linked to Herodotus's account that on the march of Xerxes from Akanthos to Therma, lions seized the camels which carried the provisions.