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Hemidrachm

Features

Issuer Pheneos (Arkadia)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 360 BC - 350 BC
Value Hemidrachm (½)
Currency Aeginetic drachm
Composition Silver
Weight 2.73 g
Diameter 13.0 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
144701
References BCD Peloponnesos# 1618-1621
Alan S. Walker; 2006. LHS Auction / Volume 96: The BCD Collection. Coins of Peloponnesos. LHS Numismatics, Zürich, Switzerland.
, SNG Copenhagen# 273
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes).
, BMC Greek# 15-16
British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes).
, SNG Lockett# 2527
Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson, Richard Cyril Lockett. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume III - The Lockett Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes).
, Traité III# 902
Ernest Babelon; 1914. Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines / Partie 2.3. Description historique: Comprenant les monnaies de la Grèce centrale et méridionale aux Ve et IVe siècles avant J.-C.. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France.
, Weber# 4324
Hermann David Weber, Leonard Forrer. Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Greek coins formed by Sir Hermann Weber M.D. 1823-1918. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes).
, de Luynes# 2323
Jean Babelon, Louis Ciani (ed.), Jules Florange (ed.). Catalogue de la collection de Luynes - monnaies grecques. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France (4 volumes).
, HGC 5# 979
Oliver D. Hoover; 2011. Handbook of Coins of the Peloponnesos / Volume 5: Achaia, Phleiasia, Sikyonia, Elis, Triphylia, Messenia, Lakonia, Argolis, and Arkadia : Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Head of Demeter facing left, wearing a grain wreath, a triple-pendent earring, and a pearl necklace

Reverse

Bull standing right with a kerykeion on its shoulder

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΦΕΝΕΩΝ

Mint

Pheneus, Arcadia, modern-day Archea Feneos, Greece

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Examples of the type

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© Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica, ark:/12148/btv1b8570480n
2.6 g (see more)
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© Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica, ark:/12148/btv1b11317436w
2.81 g
de Luynes 2323
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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
CNG
Mail Bid Sale 81
Lot 2704
Internet Archive
20 May 2009 XF USD 1000.00
(+ buyer's premium)

Ex BCD Collection (not in LHS sale); Sotheby’s (27 March 1987), lot 409

Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
CNG
Electronic Auction 500
Lot 246
Internet Archive
22 Sep 2021 VF USD 700.00
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
Münzen & Medaillen GmbH
Auction 27
Lot 2086
Internet Archive
28 May 2008 VF USD 898.79
(EUR 780.00)
(+ buyer's premium)

From the collections of J. Ward, Metropolitan Museum, New York, and BCD; Sotheby & Co. AG, Zurich, April 4, 1973, 469 and LHS Numismatics, Zurich 96 (2006), 1621

Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
Leu Numismatik
Web Auction 24
Lot 1209
Internet Archive
3 Dec 2022 F USD 401.90
(CHF 320.00)
(+ buyer's premium)

From the BCD Collection; ex Burgan, 11 January 1986, 85

Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
CNG
Electronic Auction 399
Lot 164
Internet Archive
14 Jun 2017 F USD 160.00
(+ buyer's premium)

Ex BCD Collection; Stack's (15 March 1979), lot 163

Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
Nomos AG
obolos 5
Lot 275
Internet Archive
26 Jun 2016 F USD 163.27
(CHF 130.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
CNG
Electronic Auction 354
Lot 125
Internet Archive
1 Jul 2015 F USD 260.00
(+ buyer's premium)

Ex BCD Collection; Kress 163 (July 1975), lot 490

Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
CNG
Electronic Auction 288
Lot 182
Internet Archive
10 Oct 2012 F USD 320.00
(+ buyer's premium)

From the BCD Collection

Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
CNG
Electronic Auction 221
Lot 310
Internet Archive
28 Oct 2009 F USD 220.00
(+ buyer's premium)

Ex BCD Collection; Edward T. Newell Collection (Sotheby’s, 16 October 1968), lot 177

Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
CNG
Mail Bid Sale 81
Lot 2705
Internet Archive
20 May 2009 F USD 260.00
(+ buyer's premium)

Ex BCD Collection

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