Trichalkon

Features

Issuer Orthe (Thessaly)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 325 BC - 275 BC
Value Trichalkon (1⁄16)
Currency Drachm
Composition Bronze
Weight 6.24 g
Diameter 22.0 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
170873
References BCD Thessaly I# 1220,
Nomos (editor); 10 May 2011. Coins of Thessaly : The BCD Collection (Public auction 4). Nomos, Zürich, Switzerland.
Rogers# 421,
Edgar Rogers; 1932. The Copper Coinage of Thessaly. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
BCD Thessaly II# 500
Classical Numismatic Group (editor); 3 January 2012. The BCD Collection of the Coinage of Thessaly (Triton XV). Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.

Obverse

Head of Athena wearing Corinthian helmet to right, with serpent coiled on bowl of helmet

Reverse

Forepart of a horse springing to right from a rocky outcrop, on which grows an olive tree. Around, olive wreath with ties below

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΟΡΘΙΕΙΩΝ

Mint

Orthe, Thessaly, Greece

Comments

Moustaka 30; Traité IV 595, pl. CCXCIII, 16.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (325 BC - 275 BC)  Photo $ 1800

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Trichalkon
Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 116
Lot 110
Internet Archive
1 Oct 2019 VF USD 994.03
(CHF 900.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Trichalkon
Nomos AG
Auction 4: BCD Collection of Thessaly
Lot 1220
Internet Archive
10 May 2011 VF USD 3976.11
(CHF 3600.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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