Obol

Features

Issuer Knidos (Caria)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 500 BC - 490 BC
Value Obol (⅙)
Currency Drachm
Composition Silver
Weight 0.79 g
Diameter 9.0 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered, incuse
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
150231
References SNG Keckman Karia# 102-106,
Ulla Westermark; 1994. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Finland / Part 1. The Erkki Keckman Collection in the Skopbank, Helsinki : Karia. Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, Helsinki, Finland.
Cahn Kni# 20-21,
Herbert Adolph Cahn; 1970. Antike Münzen und geschnittene Steine / Band 4. Knidos : Die Münzen des 6. und des 5. Jahrhunderts v. Christus. Verlag Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin, Germany.
HN Online# 597,
Historia numorum (http://hno.huma-num.fr/)
SNG von Aulock 7 Kar# 2599,
Konrad Kraft, Dietmar Kienast; 1962. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Deutschland / Hefte 7. Karien : Sammlung von Aulock. Gebr. Mann Verlag, Berlin, Germany.
BMC Greek# 22
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

Forepart of roaring lion right.

Reverse

Archaic head of Aphrodite facing right.

Mint

Cnidus / Knidos, Caria, Turkey

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Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Obol
CNG
Triton XI
Lot 266
Internet Archive
8 Jan 2008 XF USD 625.00
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