Tetradrachm - Herakleides

Features

Issuer	Kyme (Aeolis)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	150 BC - 145 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	16.70 g
Diameter	33 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 389019
References	SNG Copenhagen# 105 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , Oakley# 64-65 John H. Oakley; 1982. “The Autonomous Wreathed Tetradrachms of Kyme, Aeolis”, Museum Notes, Volume 27, pages 1-37.

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Obverse

Head of the nymph Cyme right, hair bound with taenia.

Reverse

Bridled horse standing right, left foreleg raised, beneath which eagle standing right on thunderbolt. Between horse's legs, one-handled vase. In exergue, HPAKΛEIΔHΣ. All within wreath.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
KYMAIΩN
HPAKΛEIΔHΣ

Mint

Cyme, Aeolis, modern-day Namurt, Turkey

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (150 BC - 145 BC)							$ 780	$ 3300

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Künker Auction 434 eLive Lot 8378	17 Nov 2025	XF	USD 2883.10 (EUR 2500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG 85, Basel, 1997, Nr. 108
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 154 Lot 1249	19 May 2025	XF	USD 2828.08 (CHF 2250.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Nomos AG Auction 17 Lot 162	26 Oct 2018	XF	USD 4776.32 (CHF 3800.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Superior Galleries 17 June 1974, 243; Superior Galeries 2-3 June 1998, 6420
© Nomos AG
	CNG Triton XXVII Lot 239	9 Jan 2024	XF	USD 3250.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Auction 123 Lot 121	23 May 2023	XF	USD 2750.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 132 Lot 303	30 May 2022	XF	USD 4085.01 (CHF 3250.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 114 Lot 234	6 May 2019	XF	USD 1508.31 (CHF 1200.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 123 Lot 623	9 May 2021	XF	USD 3456.55 (CHF 2750.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex CNG 39, 1996, 560 and Ira & Larry Goldberg 62, 2011, 3091
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Leu Numismatik Auction 7 Lot 1240	24 Oct 2020	XF	USD 16 340.03 (CHF 13 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Leu Numismatik
	Künker Auction 333 Lot 196	16 Mar 2020	XF	USD 5535.55 (EUR 4800.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg