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Obol

Features

Issuer Uncertain Philistian city (Cities of Philistia)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 450 BC - 333 BC
Value 1 Obol (⅙)
Currency Drachm
Composition Srebro
Weight 0.72 g
Diameter 8.5 mm
Shape Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique Młotkowana
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
88569
References Gitler&Tal# XVI.16O
Haim Gitler, Oren Tal; 2006. The coinage of Philistia of the fifth and fourth centuries BC / Volume 6: a study of the earliest coins of Palestine. Edizioni Ennerre, Amphora Books, B & H Kreindler, Milan, New York, United States.
, HGC 10# 612
Oliver D. Hoover; 2010. Handbook of Coins of the Southern Levant / Volume 10: Phoenicia, Southern Koile Syria (Including Judaea), and Arabia. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

(en) Bearded male head with braided hair facing right.

Reverse

(en) Front-facing Gorgoneion.

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Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Obol
CNG
Auction 99
Lot 365
Internet Archive
13 May 2015 VF USD 1100.00
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