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Drachm - Dionysius

Features

Issuer Sinope (Paphlagonia)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 330 BC - 300 BC
Value Drachm (1)
Currency Aeginetic drachm
Composition Silver
Weight 5.82 g
Diameter 20 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
562846
References SNG BM Black Sea# –
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 Stancomb# –
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 France# 476
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum France (8 volumes).
, Traité II# 2947
Ernest Babelon; 1910. Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines / Partie 2.2. Description historique: Comprenant les monnaies de l'empire des Perses Achéménides, de l'orient sémitique et de l'Asie-mineure aux Ve et IVe siècles avant J.-C.. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France.
, CN type# 23974
Corpus Nummorum Online (https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/)

Obverse

Head of nymph left, hair in sakkos; aphlaston to left.

Reverse

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

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΔΙΟΝΥΣI
ΣΙΝΩ

Mint

Sinope, Paphlagonia, modern-day Sinp, Turkey

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Examples of the type

Picture 1 of the example of Drachm - Dionysius Picture 2 of the example of Drachm - Dionysius
© Münzkabinett - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 18280063
20 mm6.07 g 5h (see more)
Picture 1 of the example of Drachm - Dionysius Picture 2 of the example of Drachm - Dionysius
© Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica, ark:/12148/btv1b8561290c
5.9 g
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum France 7 n° 476
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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Drachm - Dionysius
Roma Numismatics
E-Sale 68
Lot 172
Internet Archive
27 Feb 2020 XF USD 483.26
(GBP 360.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Drachm - Dionysius
Nomos AG
obolos 36
Lot 347
Internet Archive
23 Feb 2025 VF USD 152.04
(CHF 120.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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