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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
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 10.7 mm / Min: 10 mm
Average Weight
0.99 g (8x)
Axes
1 (1x) 12 (1x)
Public Commentary

In Paris as obol.

Literature

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

editions

cn.samothrace.1_ed.7  🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 19396, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/19396 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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