Hemidrachm - Menestratos

Features

Issuer	Stratonikeia (Caria)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	130 BC - 88 BC
Value	Hemidrachm (½)
Currency	Rhodian plintophoric drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	1.34 g
Diameter	12.0 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered, Incuse
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 152466
References	Meadows Stratonikeia# 53 Andrew R. Meadows; 2002. “Stratonikeia in Caria: the Hellenistic City and its Coinage”, The Numismatic Chronicle, Volume 162, pages 79-134. , SNG von Aulock# 8146 Gebr. Mann (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Sammlung von Aulock. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany (17 volumes). , HN Online# 508 Historia numorum (http://hno.huma-num.fr/)

Obverse

Laureate head of Zeus facing right

Reverse

Eagle standing right with a torch and quiver before. All within incuse square

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΜΕΝΕΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ

Mint

Stratonicea, Caria, modern-day Eskihisar, Turkey

Comments

Waddington, 2554.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (130 BC - 88 BC)

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