Colophon Milne 1941 Period II, drachms and obols, Silver, struck at Colophon, 475–400 BC. Obverse: head of apollo wearing a laurel wreath. Reverse: lyre of seven strings in an incuse square lyre. Weight about 4.6 g, diameter 16.1 mm.
| mint | Colophon | weight | 4.57g (17) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀16.1 (11) |
| denomination | — | axis | 8↕ (17) |
| material | Silver | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Head of Apollo wearing a laurel wreath
reverse
Lyre of seven strings in an incuse square Lyre
specimens (24)
British Museum
5.38g
⌀17.0
12↕
British Museum
5.47g
⌀17.0
7↕
British Museum
5.38g
⌀17.0
12↕
British Museum
5.07g
⌀17.0
11↕
British Museum
5.29g
⌀17.0
9↕
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British Museum
5.37g
⌀17.0
12↕
British Museum
5.42g
⌀16.0
9↕
British Museum
5.36g
⌀16.0
12↕
British Museum
5.57g
⌀15.0
7↕
British Museum
1.24g
⌀12.0
6↕
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Cite this coin
Colophon Milne 1941 Period II, drachms and obols (colophon_milne_1941_period_ii_drachma_quarter-drachma_obol), 475–400 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/colophon-milne-1941-period-ii-drachms-and-obols/ (accessed: 2026-09-14). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA