Obol - Datames Sinope

Features

Issuer	Satrapy of Cilicia (Achaemenid Satrapies)
General	Datames Tarkamuwa (380 BC - 362 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	370 BC - 362 BC
Value	Obol (⅙)
Currency	Aeginetic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	0.72 g
Diameter	9 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 562551
References	SNG BM Black Sea# 1447A 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. , HGC 7# 430 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

Head of nymph Sinope right, hair in sphendone.

Reverse

Fish left or right.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΔΑΤΑ

Mint

Sinope, Paphlagonia, modern-day Sinp, Turkey

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (370 BC - 362 BC)						$ 63	$ 200

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 31 Lot 488	7 Sep 2024	VF	USD 200.95 (CHF 160.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 18 Lot 1016	18 Dec 2021	VF	USD 87.92 (CHF 70.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Nomos AG obolos 17 Lot 228	20 Dec 2020	VF	USD 175.83 (CHF 140.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	Roma Numismatics E-Sale 68 Lot 171	27 Feb 2020	VF	USD 213.48 (GBP 160.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	CNG Electronic Auction 409 Lot 229	8 Nov 2017	VF	USD 170.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 44 Lot 177	7 Jun 2016	VF	USD 115.22 (EUR 100.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Naumann GmbH
	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 35 Lot 143	6 Sep 2015	VF	USD 276.52 (EUR 240.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Naumann GmbH
	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 34 Lot 161	9 Aug 2015	VF	USD 103.69 (EUR 90.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Naumann GmbH
	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 33 Lot 139	5 Jul 2015	VF	USD 576.08 (EUR 500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Naumann GmbH
	CNG Electronic Auction 344 Lot 93	11 Feb 2015	VF	USD 425.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.