Tetradrachm - Herakleides

Features

Issuer	Klazomenai (Ionia)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	380 BC - 360 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	15.28 g
Diameter	25 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 148477
References	BMC Greek# 18 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , BostonMFA# 1852 Agnes Baldwin Brett; 1955. Catalogue of Greek Coins. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. , Traité II# 2010 Ernest Babelon; 1910. Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines / Partie 2.2. Description historique: Comprenant les monnaies de l'empire des Perses Achéménides, de l'orient sémitique et de l'Asie-mineure aux Ve et IVe siècles avant J.-C.. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France. , Hurter Klazomenai# 12 Silvia Mani Hurter; 1966. “42 Tetradrachmen von Klazomenai : ein Fundbericht” = “42 Tetradrachms from Klazomenai: a report of finds”, Schweizerische Numismatische Rundschau = Revue Suisse de Numismatique (Swiss Numismatic Review), Volume 45, pages 26-50.

Obverse

Head of Apollo facing slightly left, wearing a laurel wreath

Reverse

Swan standing left, preening its wing with the name of the city above and the name of the magistrate below

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΚΛΑΖΟΜΕΝΑΙΟΝ
ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΗΣ

Mint

Clazomenae, Ionia, modern-day Urla, Turkey

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (380 BC - 360 BC)							$ 48 000

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BMC Greek (Ionia) 18, p. 19

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: CNG Auction 100 Lot 1451	7 Oct 2015	VF	USD 15 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	The New York Sale Auction 27 Lot 508	4 Jan 2012	VF	USD 90 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Peus 329 (31 October 1990), lot 194; Numismatica Ars Classica 1 (29 March 1989), lot 198; Leu 33 (3 May 1983), lot 378; from 1964 Vourla (Urla) Hoard (IGCH 1210)
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