Obol
Features
| Issuer |
Samothrace
(Thracian Islands)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 500 BC - 475 BC |
| Value | Obol (⅙) |
| Currency | Attic drachm |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 0.55 g |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered, Incuse |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 575934 |
| References | HGC 6# 310 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.Corpus Nummorum Online (https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/) |
Obverse
Head of Athena, left, wearing Attic helmet.
Reverse
Star with eight rays, within incuse square.
Mint
Samothrace, Insula Thraciae, modern-day Island of Samothrace, GreeceComments
W. Schwabacher 8.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (500 BC - 475 BC) | 
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