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Obol

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Issuer Samothrace (Thracian Islands)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 500 BC - 475 BC
Value Obol (⅙)
Currency Drachma poddasza
Composition Srebro
Weight 0.55 g
Shape Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique Młotkowana, Incuse
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
575934
References HGC 6# 310
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.
, CN type# 19574
Corpus Nummorum Online (https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/)

Obverse

(en) Head of Athena, left, wearing Attic helmet.

Reverse

(en) Star with eight rays, within incuse square.

Mint

Samothrace, Insula Thraciae, modern-day Island of Samothrace, Greece

Comments

(en)

W. Schwabacher 8.

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© American Numismatic Society (ANS), 1944.100.16686
Samothrace0.55 gHoard: IGCH 696 (see more)
Picture 1 of the example of Obol Picture 2 of the example of Obol
© American Numismatic Society (ANS), 1944.100.16687
Samothrace0.57 gHoard: IGCH 696 (see more)
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