Didrachm

Features

Issuer	Skyros (Thessalian Islands)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	485 BC - 480 BC
Value	Didrachm (2)
Currency	Drachma poddasza
Composition	Srebro
Weight	8.67 g
Diameter	22 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana, Incuse
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 144500
References	BCD Thessaly I# 1367 Nomos (publisher); 2011. Nomos Auction / Volume 4: The BCD Collection. Coins of Thessaly. Nomos, Zürich, Switzerland. , BCD Thessaly II# 809 Classical Numismatic Group (publisher); 2012. Triton XV / Auction XV: The BCD Collection of the Coinage of Thessaly. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. , Jameson# 2122 Robert Jameson. Collection R. Jameson. Feuardent, Paris, France (4 volumes). , Norman Davis# 126 Hyla A. Troxell; 1969. The Norman Davis Collection. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States. , SNG Copenhagen# 732 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , BostonMFA# 936 Agnes Baldwin Brett; 1955. Catalogue of Greek Coins. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. , HGC 6# 416 Oliver D. Hoover; 2010. Handbook of Coins of the Islands / Volume 6: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian Seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus) : Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom. , Traité IV# 779 Ernest Babelon; 1932. Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines / Partie 2.4 Description historique: Comprenant les monnaies de la Grèce septentrionale aux Ve et IVe siècles avant J.-C.. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France. , Balcer Archaic# 4-18 Jack Martin Balcer; 1978. “The archaic coinage of Skyros and the forgeries of Konstantinos Christodoulos”, Schweizerische Numismatische Rundschau = Revue Suisse de Numismatique (Swiss Numismatic Review), Volume 57, pages 69-101.

Obverse

Dwie kozy z długimi rogami i brodą, ustawione pionowo, plecami do siebie, z głowami skierowanymi do wewnątrz i wyciągniętymi nogami. Pomiędzy nimi pięciopłatkowy liść figowy Automatically translated

Reverse

Gwiaździsty wzór składa się z dużej centralnej kuli otoczonej czterema mniejszymi i dwoma promieniami w lewym górnym i prawym dolnym rogu oraz dwoma trójklapowymi liśćmi figowymi w prawym górnym i lewym dolnym rogu. Całość wpisana w kwadrat Automatically translated

Mint

Scyros, Islands of Thessaly, modern-day Skiros, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (485 BC - 480 BC)							$ 27 000

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Nomos AG Auction 33 Lot 1147	9 Jun 2024	VF	USD 45 701.05 (CHF 36 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	Nomos AG Auction 11 Lot 84	9 Oct 2015	VF	USD 49 509.48 (CHF 39 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	Nomos AG Auction 8 Lot 144	22 Oct 2013	VF	USD 40 623.16 (CHF 32 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
From the collection of Norman Davis = Norman Davis 126 = Balcer, Archaic 13
© Nomos AG
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 126 Lot 153	17 Nov 2021	VF	USD 26 658.95 (CHF 21 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Nomos AG Auction 4: BCD Collection of Thessaly Lot 1367	10 May 2011	VF	USD 69 821.05 (CHF 55 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
From the BCD Collection; ex Myers 13, 9 December 1976, 157 = BCD Thessaly I 1367
© Nomos AG
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 100 Lot 131	29 May 2017	VF	USD 16 503.16 (CHF 13 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	CNG Triton XV Lot 809	3 Jan 2012	VF	USD 15 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
From Jameson and BCD collections; ex Hess-Leu 4 April 1954, 133 = Jameson 2122 = BCD Thessaly II 809 = Balcer, Archaic 18
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Roma Numismatics Auction XI Lot 144	7 Apr 2016	VF	USD 9419.20 (GBP 7000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	CNG Auction 90 Lot 237	23 May 2012	VF	USD 17 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
From the BCD Collection
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.