Drachm - Karpo...

Features

Issuer	Sinope (Paphlagonia)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	330 BC - 300 BC
Value	Drachm (1)
Currency	Aeginetic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	6 g
Diameter	19 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 562473
References	SNG BM Black Sea# 1472-1473 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# 17 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , HGC 7# 391 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. , CN type# 23983 Corpus Nummorum Online (https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/)

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Obverse

Head of the nymph Sinope to left, her hair bound in a sakkos, wearing triple-pendant earring and pearl necklace; to left, aphlaston.

Reverse

Sea-eagle with spread wings standing on a dolphin to left.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΚΑΡΠΟ
ΣΙΝΩ

Mint

Sinope, Paphlagonia, modern-day Sinp, Turkey

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (330 BC - 300 BC)							$ 150

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SNG BM Black Sea 1473; BMC Greek 17

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 20 Lot 1013	16 Jul 2022	XF	USD 532.01 (CHF 420.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Leu Numismatik
	Heidelberger Münzhandlung Auction 91 Lot 72	10 Nov 2025	VF	USD 197.72 (EUR 170.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün e.K.
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Agora Auctions Sale 113 Lot 36	25 Mar 2025	VF	USD 120.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Agora Auctions
	Agora Auctions Sale 101 Lot 117	20 Jul 2021	VF	USD 161.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Agora Auctions
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Roma Numismatics E-Sale 76 Lot 244	5 Nov 2020	VF	USD 127.71 (GBP 95.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Roma Numismatics E-Sale 57 Lot 496	30 May 2019	VF	Unsold
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 76 Lot 119	7 Apr 2019	VF	USD 151.20 (EUR 130.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Naumann GmbH
	Roma Numismatics E-Sale 6 Lot 211	22 Feb 2014	VF	USD 174.76 (GBP 130.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Heidelberger Münzhandlung Auction 62 Lot 76	14 Nov 2013	VF	USD 157.01 (EUR 135.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün e.K.
	CNG Electronic Auction 268 Lot 107	16 Nov 2011	VF	USD 120.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.