Drachm
Features
| Issuer |
Sinope
(Paphlagonia)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 425 BC - 410 BC |
| Value | Drachm (1) |
| Currency | Aeginetic drachm |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 6.44 g |
| Diameter | 19 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered, Incuse |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 562624 |
| References | SNG BM Black Sea# 1371 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# 6839Gebr. Mann (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Sammlung von Aulock. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany (17 volumes). , HGC 7# 388 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).Corpus Nummorum Online (https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/) |
Obverse
Head of a sea-eagle to left; below, dolphin left.
Reverse
Quadripartite incuse square with two opposing quarters filled, B and pellet within one unfilled quarter, pellet in the other.
Mint
Sinope, Paphlagonia, modern-day Sinp, TurkeySee also
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (425 BC - 410 BC) | 
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$ 1500 | |||||||||||||
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Examples of the type
Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Grade | Sold price | |
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Harlan J. Berk Buy or Bid Sale 234 Lot 69 
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29 Jan 2026 | XF | Unsold | |
| © Harlan J. Berk, LTD | |||||
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Heritage Auctions 2025 December 6 - 9 HKINF World & Ancient Coins Platinum Session and Signature® Auction - Hong Kong 3127 Lot 37016
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6 Dec 2025 |
XF (NGC XF 4/5 - 4/5) |
USD 1400.00
(+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Heritage Auctions | |||||
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Leu Numismatik Web Auction 38 Lot 654
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13 Dec 2025 | VF |
USD 695.70
(CHF 550.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Leu Numismatik | |||||
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Leu Numismatik Web Auction 36 Lot 361
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6 Sep 2025 | VF |
USD 1391.40
(CHF 1100.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Leu Numismatik | |||||
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Leu Numismatik Web Auction 36 Lot 362
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6 Sep 2025 | VF |
USD 1770.87
(CHF 1400.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Leu Numismatik | |||||
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Nomos AG obolos 33 Lot 356
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8 Sep 2024 | VF |
USD 2782.79
(CHF 2200.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Nomos AG | |||||
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Leu Numismatik Web Auction 6 Lot 217
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9 Dec 2018 | VF |
USD 1517.89
(CHF 1200.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Leu Numismatik | |||||
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Multiple sales of the same specimen:
Numismatica Ars ClassicaAuction 88 Lot 599
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8 Oct 2015 | VF |
USD 948.68
(CHF 750.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG | |||||
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The New York Sale Auction 34 Lot 139
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6 Jan 2015 | VF | Unsold | |
| © The New York Sale | |||||
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