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Diobol

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Issuer Samothrace (Thracian Islands)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 500 BC - 475 BC
Value Diobol (⅓)
Currency Attic drachm
Composition Silver
Weight 1.24 g
Diameter 10 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered, Incuse
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
575895
References HGC 6# 305
Oliver D. Hoover; 2010. Handbook of Coins of the Islands / Volume 6: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian Seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus) : Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom.
, CN type# 19571
Corpus Nummorum Online (https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/)
, Jameson# 2443
Robert Jameson. Collection R. Jameson. Feuardent​, Paris, France (4 volumes).

Obverse

Sphinx crouching left, raising right forepaw.

Reverse

Bearded male head (Cabeirus?), left, wearing pilos helmet, within dotted square border; within incuse square.

Mint

Samothrace, Insula Thraciae, modern-day Island of Samothrace, Greece

Comments

Schwabacher 3.

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