Tetradrachm - Moskhion

Features

Issuer	Kos (Carian Islands)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	285 BC - 258 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Chian-Rhodian drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	14.95 g
Diameter	26.5 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 152601
References	Requier# 20 Pierre Requier; 1996. Les premiers tetradrachmes hellenistiques de Cos. Société suisse de numismatique = Schweizerische Numismatische Gesellschaft. , HGC 6# 1308 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. , BMC Greek# 43 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , HN Online# 2801 Historia numorum (http://hno.huma-num.fr/)

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Obverse

Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin

Reverse

Crab, name of the magistrate below with a bow in its bow case below it and all in dotted square within incuse square

Script: Greek

Lettering:
Κ ΩΙΟ Ν
MOΣXIΩN

Mint

Cos, Caria, modern-day Kos island, Greece

Comments

Stefanaki, Series VII, Issue 17, 781–783.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (285 BC - 258 BC)								$ 2400

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	CNG Triton XXII Lot 271	8 Jan 2019	XF	USD 2500.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Auction 100 Lot 1506	7 Oct 2015	XF	USD 1800.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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