Ancient Greek silver coin

Details

• Title

  Ancient Greek silver coin

• Associated place

  The Roman World › Asia Minor › Asia › Conventus of Smyrna › Teos (mint)

• Date

  c. 400 BC - 375 BC

• Material and technique

  silver, struck

• Denomination

  Diobol

• Object type

  currency › coin

• Dimensions

  11 mm (diameter)
  0.99 g (weight)
  8 o'clock (die-axis)

• Inscription/mark

  ΚΩΛΩΤΗΣ

• Design

  Griffin seated, right, raising left forepaw (obverse)

  
  

  Quadripartite incuse square of mill-sail pattern (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.

  HCR9587

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