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Obol

Features

Issuer Trikka (Thessaly)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 440 BC - 400 BC
Value Obol (⅙)
Currency Drachm
Composition Silver
Weight 0.92 g
Diameter 11.0 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered, Incuse
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
145621
References BCD Thessaly II# 778.4, 779.3 var.
Classical Numismatic Group (publisher); 2012. Triton XV / Auction XV: The BCD Collection of the Coinage of Thessaly. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.

Obverse

Horse galloping left within a beaded ring

Reverse

The nymph Trikke bending to the right, her left leg raised, holding a hydria, which she fills with water pouring from a lion’s head spout at the upper right. Behind her to the left, a low bench. All within an incuse square

Script: Greek

Mint

Tricca, Thessaly, modern-day Trikala, Greece

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Obol
Nomos AG
Auction 7
Lot 78
Internet Archive
15 May 2013 VF USD 3014.23
(CHF 2400.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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