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Obolos 31

21 April 2024

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Starting Price: 75 CHF
Hammer Price:  650 CHF
Lot 229

MYSIA. Lampsakos. Circa 500-450 BC. Obol (Silver, 10 mm, 0.86 g, 6 h). Janiform female head, wearing a double stephane and a single circular earring. Rev. Head of Athena to left, wearing crestless Corinthian helmet; all within a shallow incuse square. Baldwin, Lampsakos, Group A, II, pl. V, 27. CsP I, 401. SNG Paris 1127 var. With a splendid late Archaic-early Classical obverse. Reverse curiously double-struck, otherwise, about extremely fine.



This coin, which is often termed a diobol and often misdated, comes from an issue that seems to be often found with double struck reverses. Exactly why this should be the case is unknown.

Online bidding closes: 21 Apr 2024, 15:54:30 CEST Current Date & Time: 4 May 2024, 12:48:53 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:650 CHF by MailBidder2339 (7 bids)
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