Hemidrachm

Features

Issuer	Demetrias (Thessaly)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	290 BC
Value	Hemidrachm (½)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	2.38 g
Diameter	15 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 170727
References	BCD Thessaly I# 1034 Nomos (publisher); 2011. Nomos Auction / Volume 4: The BCD Collection. Coins of Thessaly. Nomos, Zürich, Switzerland. , BostonMFA# 872 Agnes Baldwin Brett; 1955. Catalogue of Greek Coins. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. , McClean# 4567 Sidney W. Grose. Fitzwilliam Museum. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom (3 volumes).

Obverse

Prow of galley to left

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΔΗΜΗ
ΤΡΙΕΩΝ

Reverse

Bust of Artemis to right, with quiver over her left shoulder. Below, a monogram of ΙΣ

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΙΣ

Mint

Demetrias, Thessaly, modern-day Volos, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (-290)							$ 1700

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	CNG Triton XV Lot 61	3 Jan 2012	VF	USD 950.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	Nomos AG Auction 4: BCD Collection of Thessaly Lot 1034	10 May 2011	VF	USD 2529.45 (CHF 2000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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