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title: Colchian Type I Silver Didrachm
author: geonumismatics.tsu.ge
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updated: 1970-01-01
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# Colchian Type I Silver Didrachm

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## Image File

[![Colchian Type I Silver Didrachm](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/8081.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/8081.jpg)

## Image Caption

[Silver](https://www.worldhistory.org/Silver/). Weight: 10 gr., 10,1 gr., 11,3 gr., 11,4 gr. – Persian stater; 7,9 gr., 8,1 gr., 8,6 gr., 8,6 gr., 9,4 gr. (?) – Attic didrachm. d= 17/20-20/21 mm. Obverse: Lying hermaphrodite lion to the right/left with a head turned back. Reverse: Kneeling female figure with a bull’s head to the right/left in quadratum incusum. Mint: Phasis. Nominal: Persian stater – 10 gr., 10,1 gr., 11,3 gr., 11,4 gr. Attic didrachm – 7,9 gr., 8,1 gr., 8,6 gr., 8,6 gr., 9,4 gr. Date: 6th-5th cc. B.C.

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