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cn coin 53586

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CN Type 19396 🔍

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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) 🔍  
Standard: Euboic /Attic
Material
Diameter
10 mm
Weight
0.97 g
Owner

commerce / im Handel, ,

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Provenience: Nomos Auktion 26, lot 212. From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, acquired from Spink's in London, ex Leu Numismatics 72, 12 May 1998, 146

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Samothrake, gr [gr]

Literature

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

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cn coin 53586, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_53586 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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