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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).
, Waddington# 53
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.
, SNG Copenhagen# 301
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes).
, HGC 7# 413
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, Turkey

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (320 BC - 200 BC)  Photo $ 530

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Examples of the type

Picture 1 of the example of Obol
© British Museum, 1922,1020.182
11 mm1.011 g 12h
SNG BM Black Sea 1503
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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Obol
Multiple sales of the same specimen:
Gorny & Mosch
Auction 211
Lot 263
Internet Archive
4 Mar 2013 XF USD 464.42
(EUR 400.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Obol
Gemini
Auction VII
Lot 443
Internet Archive
9 Jan 2011 XF USD 600.00
(+ buyer's premium)

Ex The Rockefeller University/Dr. Alfred E. Mirsky collection

Picture 1 of a sold Obol
Numismatik Naumann GmbH
Auction 71
Lot 132
Internet Archive
4 Nov 2018 VF USD 232.21
(EUR 200.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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