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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Ionia| > |Colophon| > GA80074
Kolophon, Ionia, c. 480 - 450 B.C.
|Colophon|, |Kolophon,| |Ionia,| |c.| |480| |-| |450| |B.C.|, This tetartemorion (1/3 or 1/4 obol) is also known without a symbol left (SNG Kayhan 358 and SNG v. Aulock 7905) and with various other symbols including a cicada (SNG Kayhan 359 and SNG v. Aulock 202), a stork (SNG Kayhan 360), and two pellets (SNG Kayhan 361 and SNG Cop 140) and a grain kernel (SNG Keckman 241). If the TE indicates the value of the coin, this was the first money to be marked with the denomination.
GA80074. Silver tetartemorion, SNG Kayhan 358 ff. var. (symbol), SNGvA 2002 var. (same), SNG Cop 140 var. (same), SNG Keckman 241 var. (same), aVF, Kolophon (near Degirmendere Fev, Turkey) mint, weight 0.252g, maximum diameter 7.4mm, die axis 270o, c. 480 - 450 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Apollo right; reverse TE (tetartemorion) ligature within incuse square, astragalos (sheep or goat knuckle bone used for divination) left; SOLD











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