Tetradrachm - Nikostratos

Features

Issuer	Smyrna (Ionia)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	125 BC - 115 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	16.62 g
Diameter	32 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 541562
References	Milne Smyrna# 226 Joseph Grafton Milne. “The Autonomous Coinage of Smyrna”, The Numismatic Chronicle (3 articles). , Milne Silver# 12 Joseph Grafton Milne; 1914. “The Silver Coinage of Smyrna”, The Numismatic Chronicle, Series 4, Volume 14, pages 273-298. , SNG von Aulock# 7976 Gebr. Mann (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Sammlung von Aulock. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany (17 volumes). , Waddington# 1936 Ernest Babelon; 1898. Inventaire sommaire de la collection Waddington: Acquise par l'État en 1897 pour le département des Médailles et Antiques de la Bibliothèque Nationale. Rollin & Feuardent, Paris, France.

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Obverse

Turreted head of Tyche facing right.

Reverse

Lion standing right, left forepaw raised; in the exergue, magistrate's name; all within an oak wreath.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ
ΝΙΚΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ

Mint

Smyrna, Ionia, modern-day İzmir, Turkey

Comments

Stephanophoric type.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (125 BC - 115 BC)

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