Ambracia

Mints

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 236

The mint at the ancient site of Ambracia in Epirus.

Die Studies

Item	Image	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
AC 177 - Ambracia, silver, staters (485-475 BCE)		Silver	2,430 kg
AC 178 - Ambracia, silver, staters (456-404 BCE)		Silver	7,136 kg
AC 179 - Ambracia, silver, stater, 404-338 BC		Silver	6,115 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
SO 475 - Ambracia over Corinth		Silver	360 BC JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
2004 - Caulonia (nomos Apollo/stag) over Ambracia (Pegasus/Athena) (Paris, BnF, de Luynes 696)		Silver	475 BC JL
1853 - Taras (nomos rider/Taras FB 50) over Ambracia (Pegasus/Athena) (Dewing coll. - Noe 1957, pl. XI, k)		Silver	343 BC JL

Description

Nomisma IDNomisma ID	ambracia
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Ambracia in Epirus.
Pleiades IDUnique ID of the Pleiades place resource	530794
Ancient regionAncient region.	Epirus Nomisma: epirus
Modern countryModern country	Greece
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	39.154876° N, 20.990258° E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Ambracia https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/530794 http://sws.geonames.org/6943434/ http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/place/x49709 http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7010721

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Literature

• Kraay 1977
• Kraay 1979
• Ravel 1928

Authors

• Colin M. Kraay
• Oscar E. Ravel