Didrachm
Features
| Issuer |
Samothrace
(Thracian Islands)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 500 BC - 478 BC |
| Value | Didrachm (2) |
| Currency | Attic drachm |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 8.91 g |
| Diameter | 21 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered, Incuse |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 147262 |
| References | HGC 6# 301 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.Ernest Babelon; 1907. Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines / Partie 2.1. Description historique: Comprenant les monnaies greques depuis les origines jusqu'aux guerres médiques. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France. , Traité IV# 1200 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.Robert Jameson. Collection R. Jameson. Feuardent, Paris, France (4 volumes). , Kunstfreund# 45 Herbert Adolph Cahn (ed.), Silvia Mani Hurter (ed.), Leo Mildenberg (ed.), Pierre Strauss (ed.); 1974. Griechische Münzen aus der Sammlung eines Kunstfreundes: Auktion am 18. Mai 1974 in Zürich = Greek coins from the collection of an art lover. Bank Leu, Munzen & Medaillen Basel, Zürich, Switzerland / Basel, Switzerland.Corpus Nummorum Online (https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/) |
Obverse
Sphinx seated facing left with beaded ring around it
Script: Greek
Lettering:
Σ
Α
Reverse
Quadripartite incuse square
Mint
Samothrace, Insula Thraciae, modern-day Island of Samothrace, GreeceComments
Schwabacher, Fund 1; Svoronos pl. 17, 15.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (500 BC - 478 BC) | 
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$ 100 000 | |||||||||||||
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Examples of the type
© Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica, ark:/12148/btv1b8587895x
20 mm • 8.42 g • ↑↑ 1h (see more)
20 mm • 8.42 g • ↑↑ 1h (see more)
Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Grade | Sold price | |
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Multiple sales of the same specimen:
Numismatica Ars ClassicaAuction 100 Lot 126 
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29 May 2017 | XF |
USD 95 071.04
(CHF 75 500.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Nomos AG Auction 6 Lot 35
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8 May 2012 | XF |
USD 125 921.91
(CHF 100 000.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Ex Leu 81, 16 May 2001, 137; Bank Leu 42, 12 May 1987, 154; from the collections of C. Gillet, “Kunstfreund”, Bank Leu/Münzen und Medaillen, 28 May 1974, 45; R. Jameson collection; from Kiourpet (Chora on Samothrace) Hoard of 1930 (IGCH 696) |
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