cn coin 42365

Mint

Samothrake 🔍 ❐
Region: Thrace ❐
Typology

Date

c. 500-475 BC
Archaic Period  🔍

Obverse

Design

Sphinx crouching left, raising right forepaw.
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Reverse

Design

Incuse square divided into four triangles with uneven surfaces.
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Metrology

Denomination

Trihemiobol (1 1/2 obol) 🔍 ❐

Material

silver  🔍 ❐

Diameter

Max: 10.7 mm / Min: 10.2 mm

Weight

1.01 g

Axis

12

Owner

British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals, London, gb  ❐
Owner Inventory No.: 1937,0606.39

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin [de] ❐
Plaster Cast No: cn_samothrace_0008

Public Commentary

In London as obol.

Cite this record:

cn coin 42365, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_42365 [Last downloaded: 2025/04/26]

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