Artacoana

Mints

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 379

The mint at the ancient site of Artacoana in Aria. It may be the same settlement as Alexandria in Aria, founded by Alexander the Great in 330 BCE.

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)
S 738 - Artacoana (Antiochus II), silver, tetradrachms (261-246 BCE)		Silver	1,139 kg
S 739 - Artacoana (Antiochus II), silver, drachms (261-246 BCE)		Silver	84 kg
Artacoana (Seleucus II), silver, tetradrachms (Seleucus II/Apollo) (246-226 BCE)		Silver	2,680 kg
S 741 - Artacoana (Seleucus II), silver, drachms (246-226 BCE)		Silver	173 kg

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Description

Nomisma IDNomisma ID	https://nomisma.org/id/artacoana
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Artacoana in Aria. It may be the same settlement as Alexandria in Aria, founded by Alexander the Great in 330 BCE.
Pleiades IDUnique ID of the Pleiades place resource	https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/30211
Ancient regionAncient region.	Bactria Nomisma: http://nomisma.org/browse?q=aria
Modern countryModern country	Afghanistan
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	34° 20' 31.00" N, 62° 12' 11.00" E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Artacoana https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/30211 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7555745

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Literature

• Ehling 1997

Authors

• Kay Ehling