Samos Barron 1966 Lyd-Mil drachms, Silver, struck at Samos, 526–520 BC. Obverse: forepart of winged boar leaping. Reverse: lion scalp in an incuse square with dotted border. Weight about 3.3 g, diameter 14.8 mm.
| mint | Samos | weight | 3.27g (11) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀14.8 (8) |
| denomination | — | axis | 5↕ (11) |
| material | Silver | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Forepart of winged boar leaping
reverse
Lion scalp in an incuse square with dotted border
specimens (22)
British Museum
3.45g
⌀13.0
4↕
British Museum
3.48g
⌀14.0
1↕
British Museum
3.43g
⌀13.0
7↕
British Museum
3.59g
⌀14.0
3↕
BnF (IRIS)
BnF (IRIS)
British Museum
3.38g
⌀16.0
3↕
British Museum
3.52g
⌀16.0
6↕
BnF (IRIS)
BnF (IRIS)
BnF (IRIS)
BnF (IRIS)
BnF (IRIS)
BnF (IRIS)
British Museum
3.43g
⌀16.0
3↕
BnF (IRIS)
BnF (IRIS)
BnF (IRIS)
British Museum
3.56g
⌀16.0
11↕
National Museum of Denmark
3.37g
6↕
National Museum of Denmark
3.10g
9↕
National Museum of Denmark
1.63g
3↕
Cite this coin
Samos Barron 1966 Lyd-Mil drachms (samos_barron_1966_lyd-mil_drachms), 526–520 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/samos-barron-1966-lyd-mil-drachms/ (accessed: 2026-10-08). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA