The Ancient Coinage of Acanthus

Listed by Moushmov Number

ACANTHUS - ca 500–379 BC - a city in Halkidika, now Eriso

Autonomous Silver coins.

5920; Foreparts of a lion and bull, face to face. / Irregular incuse square. 13 mm. Plate XLII 8.
5921. Bull kneeling on its forelegs, head turned head left; sometimes dot and dolphin above. / Quadripartite incuse square. 19 mm. Plate L 16, 17, 18.
5922. Lion tearing at wild boar; the lion left, and the wild boar right. / Quadripartite incuse square. 23 mm. Plate L 13.
5923. Lion tearing at bull; the lion left, and the bull right. / Quadripartite incuse square. 27 mm.
5924. Lion tearing at bull; the lion left, and the bull right. Sometimes with Θ in field. / Quadripartite incuse square. The same obverse; below – slaughter the bull. 28 mm.
5925. AKAN, Lion tearing at bull; the lion left, and the bull right, fish below. / Quadripartite incuse square. 31 mm. Plate L 15.
5926. Same obverse as 5925, but with AΛEΨIΣ or ΛEΨIOΣ below. / AKANΘION, Incuse square with 4 objects in pyramid form within, divided with square lines. 26 mm.
5927. The same obverse; with AΛE or ΣY or nothing below. / reverse as 5926. 26 mm.
5928. The same obverse. / AKANΘION around an incuse square. 28 mm.
5929. Forepart of a bull left. / Quadripartite incuse square. 13 – 15 mm. Plate LI 7, 8.
5930. Laureate head of Apollo right. / AKANΘION, Lyre or chelys in incuse square. 9 mm.
5931. Forepart of lion tearing at an animal, acanthine flower above. / Quadripartite incuse square 15 mm. Plate LI 9.
5932. Forepart of a lion; the lion is tearing at a serpent. / Quadripartite incuse square. 13 mm.
5933. Forepart of lion standing; necklace around its neck. / Incuse square. 13 mm.
5934. Forepart of a lion right, bucranium above. / Incuse square. 15 mm.
5935. Lion’s head facing. / Incuse square. 9 mm. Plate LI 12.
5936. Forepart of bull kneeling left, head turned back, sometimes with flower, palm branch or letter above / Incuse square. 17 mm. Plate LI 6.
5937. Bull’s head right. / Incuse square. 15 mm.
5938. Bull kneeling left. / Incuse square. 13 mm.
5939. ΣΩKΩN. Lion tearing bull, left. / AKANΘION. Incuse square with four pyramid shapes within and divided by 4 lines. 28 mm.
5940. Helmeted head of Athena right. / Quadripartite incuse square. 12 mm. Plate LI 14.
5941. Helmeted head of Athena right. / AKAN in the four parts of a square divided by lines. 11 mm.
5942. Unbearded head right, wearing crested helmet. / AKAN within square. 15 mm.
5943. Lion tearing bull; both left. / Quadripartite incuse square. 24 mm. Plate L 12.
5944. Lion tearing bull. The lion right, and the bull left; flower below. / Quadripartite incuse square. 28 mm. Plate L 14.
5945. Bull kneeling right, flower above. / Helmet in incuse square. 17 mm. Plate LI 1.
5946. Lion tearing bull which is kneeling right. The lion is over the bull and is biting the bull’s rump. / Quadripartite incuse square. 24 mm. Plate XLIV 15.
5947. Bull kneeling right; sometimes a flower or star above. / Triskeles in incuse square. 9 – 18 mm. Plate LI 2, 3.
5948. same obverse as 5947, sometimes with dolphin or dot above. / Wheel with hub and spokes, or only spokes, within incuse square. 10 – 17 mm. Plate LI 5.
5949. Bull standing right; six-pointed star above. / Incuse square with striated lines. 17 mm. Plate LI 10.
5950. Bull standing right, eagle flying right above. / Helmet in incuse square. Traces of a different coin on the reverse. 15 – 19 mm. Plate LI 13.
5951. Bull kneeling right, head turned. Traces of a legend visible. / Incuse square containing wheel with 4 spokes. 10 mm. Plate LI 4.
5952. Bull kneeling left, head turned, flower above. / Four-spoked wheel in incuse square. 11 mm. Plate LI 11.

Bronze

5953. Helmeted head of Athena right. / AKAN in the spokes of a wheel.
5954. Helmeted, unbearded head (Athena?) right. / AKAN within square. Plate XLII 9.
5955. Helmeted head of Athena right. / AKAN in square divided into 4 parts.
5956. Soldier on horseback right. / AKAN in the spokes of a wheel.
5957. Laureate head of Apollo right. / AKANΘIΩN. Lyre.

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