Obol
Features
| Issuer |
Sinope
(Paphlagonia)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 320 BC - 200 BC |
| Value | Obol (⅙) |
| Currency | Aeginetic drachm |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 1.02 g |
| Diameter | 11 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 563739 |
| References | SNG BM Black Sea# 1503 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. , Weber# 4829 Hermann David Weber, Leonard Forrer. Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Greek coins formed by Sir Hermann Weber M.D. 1823-1918. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). 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. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). 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. |
Obverse
Head of Hermes wearing a petasos left.
Reverse
Eagle upright, facing, head turned, wings outstretched.
Script: Greek
Lettering: ΣΙΝΩ
Mint
Sinope, Paphlagonia, modern-day Sinp, TurkeySee also
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (320 BC - 200 BC) | 
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$ 530 | |||||||||||||
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Examples of the type
Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Grade | Sold price | |
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Multiple sales of the same specimen:
Gorny & MoschAuction 211 Lot 263 
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4 Mar 2013 | XF |
USD 464.42
(EUR 400.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung | |||||
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Gemini Auction VII Lot 443
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9 Jan 2011 | XF |
USD 600.00
(+ buyer's premium) |
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Ex The Rockefeller University/Dr. Alfred E. Mirsky collection |
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| © Gemini Numismatic Auctions LLC | |||||
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Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 71 Lot 132
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4 Nov 2018 | VF |
USD 232.21
(EUR 200.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Numismatik Naumann GmbH | |||||
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