Tetradrachm

Features

Issuer	Samos (Ionia)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	449 BC - 448 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	12.99 g
Diameter	23 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered, Incuse
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 181595
References	Barron# 75 John Penrose Barron; 1966. The silver coins of Samos. Athlone Press, London, United Kingdom. , SNG Copenhagen# 1681 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , BMC Greek# 93 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , SNG Newnham Davis# 287 Edward George Spencer-Churchill; 1936. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum (Great Britain) / Volume 1.2. The Newnham Davis Coins in the Wilson Collection of Classical and Eastern Antiquities: Marischal College, Aberdeen. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom. , Traité II# 1799 Ernest Babelon; 1910. Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines / Partie 2.2. Description historique: Comprenant les monnaies de l'empire des Perses Achéménides, de l'orient sémitique et de l'Asie-mineure aux Ve et IVe siècles avant J.-C.. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France.

Obverse

Lion’s scalp facing

Reverse

Forepart of an ox to right. Behind, olive branch and below, Ε (date).

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΣΑ
Ε

Mint

Samos, Ionia, modern-day Island of Samos, Greece

Comments

Samian standard.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (449 BC - 448 BC)							$ 12 000

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Nomos AG Auction 5 Lot 187	25 Oct 2011	VF	USD 13 959.64 (CHF 11 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	CNG Triton XIV Lot 315	4 Jan 2011	VF	USD 11 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Triton XII Lot 315	5 Jan 2009	VF	USD 8000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.