v11_0043 - MACEDONIA - ACANTHUS Tétradrachme

MACEDONIA - AKANTHOS

(6th - 5th century BC)

Acanthe, founded in the 7th century BC, was a colony of Andros, an island in the Aegean Sea located on the peninsula of Acté. The workshop had a very important production from the end of the 6th century BC thanks to the mines which were in this region.