Obol

Features

Issuer	Knidos (Caria)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	500 BC - 490 BC
Value	Obol (⅙)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	0.79 g
Diameter	9.0 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered, Incuse
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 150231
References	SNG Keckman Karia# 102-106 Ulla Westermark; 1994. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Finland / Part 1. The Erkki Keckman Collection in the Skopbank, Helsinki: Karia. Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, Helsinki, Finland. , Cahn Knidos# 20-21 Herbert Adolph Cahn; 1970. Antike Münzen und geschnittene Steine / Band 4. Knidos: Die Münzen des 6. und des 5. Jahrhunderts v. Christus. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, Germany. , HN Online# 597 Historia numorum (http://hno.huma-num.fr/) , SNG von Aulock# 2599 Gebr. Mann (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Sammlung von Aulock. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany (17 volumes). , BMC Greek# 22 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes).

Obverse

Forepart of roaring lion right.

Reverse

Archaic head of Aphrodite facing right.

Mint

Cnidus, Turkey

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (500 BC - 490 BC)

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