Tetrobol

Features

Issuer Siphnos (Cyclades)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 480 BC
Value Tetrobol (⅔)
Currency Drachm
Composition Silver
Weight 3.58 g
Diameter 14.0 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
146107
References SNG Copenhagen# 745,
Niels Breitenstein, Willy Schwabacher; 1942. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 1. Italy, Part 1 : Etruria - Campania. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
And 43 more volumes.
BMC Greek# 5
Reginald Stuart Poole; 1876. A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum / Volume 2. Sicily. British Museum, London, United Kingdom.
And 26 more volumes.

Obverse

Diademed head of Apollo facing right

Reverse

Eagle flying right, grain ear before the name of the city around

Script: Greek

Lettering:
Σ Ι
Φ

Mint

Siphnos, Aegaean Islands, Greece

Comments

BMC Crete pg. 121, 5; Traité pl. 61, 28.

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