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1826Stephanephora (coins)  

Entry terms

  • New Style

Scope note

  • Silver Athenian tetradrachms and drachms of the 2nd and 1st c. BCE. Stephanephora derived their name from their reverse which depicts an owl surrounded by a laurel wreath. The exact date of their introduction is still a matter of controversy among researchers. In modern bibliography they are called New Style coins.

Source

  • Kroll 1993
  • Meadows & Houghton 2010
  • Mørkholm 1984
  • Thompson 1961

Contributor

  • Katsiadakis Helen (AA)

Creator

  • Iakovidou Athena (AA)

Notation

  • 1826

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