Diobol

Features

Issuer	Samothrace (Thracian Islands)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	500 BC - 465 BC
Value	Diobol (⅓)
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	1.18 g
Diameter	11 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered, Incuse
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 147268
References	HGC 6# 406 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.

Obverse

Sphinx seated right, raising forepaw

Reverse

Quadripartite incuse square

Mint

Samothrace, Insula Thraciae, modern-day Island of Samothrace, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (500 BC - 465 BC)							$ 390

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: CNG Electronic Auction 421 Lot 20	30 May 2018	VF	USD 380.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	Numismatik Lanz Auction 157 Lot 92	9 Dec 2013	VF	USD 417.54 (EUR 360.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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