Ancient Greek silver coin

Details

• Title

  Ancient Greek silver coin

• Associated place

  The Greek World › Asia Minor › Ionia › Colophon (mint)

• Date

  c. 330 BC - 310 BC

• Material and technique

  silver, struck

• Denomination

  Diobol

• Object type

  currency › coin

• Dimensions

  10 mm (diameter)
  0.87 g (weight)
  12 o'clock (die-axis)

• Inscription/mark

  ΚΟΝΝΙΩ[Ν] ΚΟΛΟ

• Design

  Head of Apollo, left, laureate, hair rolled (obverse)

  
  

  Cithara with five strings (reverse)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased with the assistance of the Robinson Charitable Trust, 2016.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Heberden Coin Room

• Accession no.

  HCR9571

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