Obol Female Astralagoi Male head Cilicia TARSOS 389 – 375 BC

 

Obol Female Astralagoi Male head

Cilicia TARSOS 389 – 375 BC

Cilicia, TARSOS (389-375 a.C.) AR Obol

Obv - Female kneeling left, tossing astralagoi (Knucklebone)

Rev - Male head right.

0.63 gr

9.4 mm

Die axis 7

This statue shows two girls tossing astralagoi

A silver knucklebone from my collection.

You can see a size comparison of an Obol vs a Roman Imperial bronze coin.

another girl throwing knucklebones on a coin

astralagoi were on Roman Republican cast coins like the one above

Cast Bronze Money in Republican Rome and Central Italy

 I am working on a talk about RR cast bronze money. I took a few pictures of my collection for the talk.