Legend
Mint
Hoard
Findspot

cn coin 10878

Connected to Type

CN Type 19396 🔍

Mint
Samothrake 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 500-475 BC

Archaic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Sphinx crouching left, raising right forepaw.
go to the NLP result of this description
Reverse
Design
Incuse square divided into four triangles with uneven surfaces.
go to the NLP result of this description
Metrology
Denomination
Trihemiobol (1 1/2 obol) 🔍  
Standard: Euboic /Attic
Material
silver 🔍  
Weight
0.96 g
Owner

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques, Paris, fr ❐

Provenience: Chandon de Briailles 568

Citation

Gérin, Sphings perdues et retrouvées: cinq monnaies de Samothrace dans la Collection Chandon de Briailles, Αθήνα 2009 p. 148, nr. A4g, pl. 1  ❐

Literature

Schwabacher, Ein Fund archaischer Münzen von Samothrake, 1938 p. 111, nr. 4 ❐

Cite this record:

cn coin 10878, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_10878 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

License:

This record is licensed under: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike

Contact

Comments or information about this coin? Please email us