Drachm
Greek
Sinope
Asia Minor
480-450 BCE
Silver
Diameter: 12.5 mm
Weight: 6.11 g
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the John M. McDonald 1940 Fund
993.15.29090
Geography
Place Made: Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey, West Asia, Asia
Period
1000 BCE-1 CE
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Crude head of eagle left; Dolphin below Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square, alternate sections finely granulated on opposite sunk quarters, near centre of which is a pellet
Publication History
Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., 76th Buy or Bid Sale Catalogue, Lot 198.
Provenance
Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois; sold to present collection, 1993.
Catalogue Raisonne
Grose, Vol. III: pl. 252.18-19; BMC, Pontus: p. 95, nos. 1-4, pl. XXI/11-12; Babelon, Traite pl. XVII/1-8
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