Drachm - Krethe
Features
| Issuer |
Sinope
(Paphlagonia)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 330 BC - 300 BC |
| Value | Drachm (1) |
| Currency | Aeginetic drachm |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 5.97 g |
| Diameter | 20 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 328809 |
| References | SNG BM Black Sea# 1474-1475 Martin Jessop Price; 1993. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum (Great Britain) / Volume 9.1. The British Museum. Part 1: The Black Sea. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. , BMC Greek# 18 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). Oxford University Press (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume V - Ashmolean Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (7 volumes).Gebr. Mann (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Sammlung von Aulock. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany (17 volumes). , SNG France# 492 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum France (8 volumes). William M. Stancomb; 2000. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum Great Britain / Volume 11. The William Stancomb Collection of Coins of the Black Sea region. Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom.Corpus Nummorum Online (https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/) , de Luynes# 2407 Jean Babelon, Louis Ciani (ed.), Jules Florange (ed.). Catalogue de la collection de Luynes - monnaies grecques. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France (4 volumes). Oliver D. Hoover; 2012. Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Anatolia / Volume 7: Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, Lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian Bosporos): Fifth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom. William Henry Waddington, Ernest Babelon, Théodore Reinach. Recueil général des monnaies grecques d'Asie mineure. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France (4 volumes). |
Obverse
Head of nymph facing left, hair in sakkos and with an aphlaston before
Reverse
Sea eagle on dolphin facing left with the name of the magistrate above the eagle.
Script: Greek
Lettering:
KPHΘE
ΣΙΝΩ
Mint
Sinope, Paphlagonia, modern-day Sinp, TurkeyComments
Rhousopoulos 3242.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (330 BC - 300 BC) | 
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$ 110 | $ 420 | ||||||||||||
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Examples of the type
© British Museum, 1841,0730.304
20 mm • 5.62 g • ↑↑ 6h
20 mm • 5.62 g • ↑↑ 6h
SNG BM Black Sea 1474; BMC Greek 18
(see more)
© British Museum, 1979,0101.43
20 mm • 5.97 g • ↑↑ 6h
20 mm • 5.97 g • ↑↑ 6h
SNG BM Black Sea 1475; SNG von Aulock 213
(see more)
© Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica, ark:/12148/btv1b11317521m
20 mm • 6 g • ↑↑ 6h
20 mm • 6 g • ↑↑ 6h
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum France 7 n° 492; de Luynes 2407
(see more)
© The Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, HCR141228
19.6 mm • 5.71 g • ↑↑ 6h
19.6 mm • 5.71 g • ↑↑ 6h
SNG Ashmolean IX, 288
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Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Grade | Sold price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Savoca Numismatik 124th Silver Auction Lot 115 
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23 Jan 2022 | XF |
USD 372.44
(EUR 320.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG | |||||
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Nomos AG obolos 21 Lot 383
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2 Jan 2022 | XF |
USD 698.20
(CHF 550.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Nomos AG | |||||
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Multiple sales of the same specimen:
KünkerAuction 333 Lot 54
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16 Mar 2020 | XF |
USD 418.99
(EUR 360.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg | |||||
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Roma Numismatics E-Sale 10 Lot 404
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26 Jul 2014 | XF |
USD 430.87
(GBP 320.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Roma Numismatics Limited | |||||
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Agora Auctions Sale 45 Lot 70
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24 Nov 2015 | XF | Unsold | |
| © Agora Auctions | |||||
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Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 144 Lot 177
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1 Sep 2024 | VF |
USD 69.83
(EUR 60.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Numismatik Naumann GmbH | |||||
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Savoca Numismatik 171st Silver Auction Lot 71
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20 Aug 2023 | VF |
USD 58.19
(EUR 50.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG | |||||
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Roma Numismatics E-Sale 98 Lot 313
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16 Jun 2022 | VF | Unsold | |
| © Roma Numismatics Limited | |||||
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Nomos AG obolos 22 Lot 235
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6 Mar 2022 | VF |
USD 698.20
(CHF 550.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Nomos AG | |||||
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Nomos AG obolos 21 Lot 388
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2 Jan 2022 | VF |
USD 114.25
(CHF 90.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Nomos AG | |||||
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