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Coin ID #6255

Ilion (BC 300-200) Diobol

ca 3rd century BC. AR Diobol (1.47g, 1h). Head of Athena right, wearing a crested helmet / Archaic cult statue of Athena Ilias left, holding spear and distaff, rose to left.

Apparently unpublished. The only other example of the type I could find is from a Gorny & Mosch auction. That example weight 2.87g and is attributed as a hemidrachm. One could argue that it is a tetrobol based on the standards used at Ilion at the time. This would then be a diobol.

File information
Filename:060995.jpg
City/Mint name:Ilion
Rating (3 votes):00000
Keywords:silver / hellenistic
References:Gorny & Mosch Auc. 108, lot 1234 (Hemidrachm? of same type)
Valuation:est. $1000
Photo courtesy of:Aegean Numismatics - www.vcoins.com/ancient/aegean
Filesize:28 KiB
Date added:Jul 12, 2009
Dimensions:474 x 218 pixels
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