Octobol

Features

Issuer	Megara (Megaris)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	375 BC - 338 BC
Value	Octobol (4⁄3)
Currency	Aeginetic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	7.78 g
Diameter	20 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 574126
References	BCD Peloponnesos# 1, 2, 6.1 Alan S. Walker; 2006. LHS Auction / Volume 96: The BCD Collection. Coins of Peloponnesos. LHS Numismatics, Zürich, Switzerland. , BMC Greek# 1 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , SNG Delepierre# 1500 Hélène Nicolet-Pierre, Georges Le Rider; 1983. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, France / Volume 1. Bibliothèque nationale de France: Collection Jean et Marie Delepierre. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France. , Traité III# 103 Ernest Babelon; 1914. Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines / Partie 2.3. Description historique: Comprenant les monnaies de la Grèce centrale et méridionale aux Ve et IVe siècles avant J.-C.. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France. , HGC 4# 1785 Oliver D. Hoover; 2014. Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Greece / Volume 4: Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris, and Corinthia : Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom. , Lampson# 216 Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson; 1923. Catalogue of Ancient Greek Coins Collected by Godfrey Locker Lampson. Arthur L. Humphreys, London, United Kingdom. , Pozzi# 1614 Naville & Cie (publisher); 1920. Monnaies grecques antiques: Provenant de la collection de feu le prof. S. Pozzi = Ancient Greek coins. Naville & Cie, Luzern, Switzerland. , Winterthur 1# 2018 Hansjörg Bloesch; 1987. Griechische Münzen in Winterthur 1. Münzkabinett der Stadt Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland (2 volumes). , Jameson# 1197 Robert Jameson. Collection R. Jameson. Feuardent, Paris, France (4 volumes). , Rhousopoulos# 2157 Jacob Hirsch; 1905. Auctions-Catalog einer hochbedeutenden Sammlung Griechischer Münzen: aus dem Nachlasse eines bekannten Archäologen = Auctions catalog of a highly important collection of Greek coins. Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

Obverse

Laureate head of Apollo left.

Reverse

Kithara.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΜΕΓ
ΑΡΕ

Mint

Megara, Megaris, modern-day Megara, Greece

Comments

SNG Fitzwilliam 3309; SNG Lockett 2016.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (375 BC - 338 BC)							$ 920

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Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. France 1. Collection Jean et Marie Delepierre n° 1500

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Nomos AG obolos 33 Lot 281	8 Sep 2024	VF	USD 697.19 (CHF 550.00) (+ buyer's premium)
From the Collection of Jonathan H. Kagan and the BCD Collection, LHS 96, 8-9 May 2006, 6.1 = BCD Peloponnesos 6.1
© Nomos AG
	CNG Electronic Auction 247 Lot 87	12 Jan 2011	VF	USD 1910.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8-9 May 2006), lot 2 = BCD Peloponnesos 2
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Electronic Auction 147 Lot 1	6 Sep 2006	F	USD 525.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8-9 May 2006), lot 1; Peus 297, 3 April 1979, 84; from the collection of A. Rhousopoulos, Hirsch XIII, 15 May 1905, 2157 = BCD Peloponnesos 1 = Rhousopoulos 2157
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.