Drachm - Nikephoros

Drachm - Nikephoros - obverseDrachm - Nikephoros - reverse

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Features

Issuer Rhodes
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 88 BC - 84 BC
Value 1 Drachm
Currency Drachm
Composition Silver
Weight 2.2 g
Diameter 15 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered, incuse
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
248208
References Jenkins, Rhodian# 249,
Gilbert Kenneth Jenkins; 1989. Rhodian Plinthophoroi (Jenkins, G. "Rhodian Plinthophoroi - a Sketch", pp. 101-119, plates XXIX-XXXIV). Institut supérieur d'archéologie et d'histoire de l'art, Louvain-la-Neuve.
SNG Keckman Karia# 676,
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.
SNG Copenhagen# 824,
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.
HN Online# 160,
Historia numorum (http://hno.huma-num.fr/)
SNG Ashmolean# 682-684,
Joseph Grafton Milne, Arthur Evans; 1951. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum (Great Britain) / Volume 5.1. The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford : Evans Collection. Italy. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom.
And 6 more volumes.
HGC 6# 1461
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.

Obverse

Radiate head of Helios right.

Reverse

Rose with bud to right, name of magistrate above, hand holding grain ear to lower right, all within incuse square.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΣ
P O

Translation:
Nicephoros
P O = Rhodes

Edge

Plain

Mint

Ródos, Caria, modern-day Island of Rhodes, Greece

Comments

"Plinthophoric" issue. See this article explaining the series https://www.cngcoins.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=417

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ND (88 BC - 84 BC)  Photo $ 59

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Drachm - Nikephoros
Savoca Numismatik
89th Blue Auction
Lot 724
Internet Archive
7 Nov 2020 VF USD 43.15
(EUR 40.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Drachm - Nikephoros
Savoca Numismatik
85th Blue Auction
Lot 768
Internet Archive
19 Sep 2020 VF USD 70.12
(EUR 65.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Drachm - Nikephoros
CNG
Electronic Auction 372
Lot 153
Internet Archive
6 Apr 2016 VF USD 60.00
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Drachm - Nikephoros
CNG
Electronic Auction 370
Lot 170
Internet Archive
9 Mar 2016 VF USD 60.00
(+ buyer's premium)
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