Chalkon

Features

Issuer	Sinope (Paphlagonia)
King	Mithridates VI (Μιθριδάτης Εὐπάτωρ) (120 BC - 63 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	120 BC - 100 BC
Value	Chalkon (1⁄48)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Bronze
Weight	3 g
Diameter	16 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 373974
References	SNG BM Black Sea# 1520-1522 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. , SNG von Aulock# 231 Gebr. Mann (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Sammlung von Aulock. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany (17 volumes). , SNG Stancomb# 791 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. , SNG Copenhagen# 306 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , Laffaille# 418 Pierre Strauss; 1990. Collection Maurice Laffaille: monnaies grecques en bronze. Monnaies et Medailles, Basel, Switzerland. , Recueil# 63 William Henry Waddington, Ernest Babelon, Théodore Reinach. Recueil général des monnaies grecques d'Asie mineure. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France (4 volumes). , BMC Greek# 45-46 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , HGC 7# 424 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.

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Obverse

Draped bust of Perseus right.

Reverse

Cornucopia, at each side a pileus (cap of Dioskouri) surmounted by star.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΣΙΝΩΠΗΣ

Translation: Sinope

Mint

Sinope, Paphlagonia, modern-day Sinp, Turkey

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (120 BC - 100 BC)							$ 93

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	CNG Triton V Lot 415	16 Jan 2002	XF	USD 200.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 29 Lot 646	24 Feb 2024	VF	USD 76.01 (CHF 60.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 119 Lot 259	7 Aug 2022	VF	USD 162.60 (EUR 140.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 55 Lot 154	2 Jul 2017	VF	USD 92.91 (EUR 80.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 30 Lot 105	5 Apr 2015	VF	USD 98.72 (EUR 85.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 27 Lot 178	4 Jan 2015	VF	USD 75.49 (EUR 65.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Electronic Auction 206 Lot 89	11 Mar 2009	VF	USD 125.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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