Didrachm

Features

Issuer Chios (Ionia)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 435 BC - 425 BC
Value 2 Drachms
Currency Drachm
Composition Silver
Weight 7.77 g
Diameter 16.0 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered, incuse
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
148446
References HGC 6# 1124,
Oliver D. Hoover; 2010. The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series / Volume 6. Handbook of Coins of the Islands : Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian Seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus) : Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania - London, United Kingdom.
Mavrogordato# 26a
John Mavrogordato; 1918. A chronological arrangement of the coins of Chios. Frederick Hall, Oxford.

Obverse

Sphinx seated left, to the left, grape bunch above amphora. All set on circular convex field.

Reverse

Quadripartite incuse square.

Mint

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

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Didrachm
CNG
Electronic Auction 392
Lot 278
Internet Archive
1 Mar 2017 VF USD 850.00
(+ buyer's premium)
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