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Hemidrachm

Features

Issuer Sinope (Paphlagonia)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 300 BC - 200 BC
Value Hemidrachm (½)
Currency Aeginetic drachm
Composition Silver
Weight 3.05 g
Diameter 14.5 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
462437
References SNG BM Black Sea# 1496
Martin Jessop Price; 1993. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum (Great Britain) / Volume 9.1. The British Museum. Part 1: The Black Sea. British Museum, London, United Kingdom.
, Recueil# 30
William Henry Waddington, Ernest Babelon, Théodore Reinach. Recueil général des monnaies grecques d'Asie mineure. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France (4 volumes).
, HGC 7# 411
Oliver D. Hoover; 2012. Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Anatolia / Volume 7: Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, Lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian Bosporos): Fifth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom.
, SNG von Aulock# 216
Gebr. Mann (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Sammlung von Aulock. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany (17 volumes).
, Traité II# 2950
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.

Obverse

Head of nymph left, hair in sakkos.

Reverse

Eagle facing, head left, wings displayed; monogram to inner right.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΣΙΝΩ

Mint

Sinope, Paphlagonia, modern-day Sinp, Turkey

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (300 BC - 200 BC)  Photo $ 420 $ 460

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
Leu Numismatik
Web Auction 32
Lot 480
Internet Archive
7 Dec 2024 XF USD 430.78
(CHF 340.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
CNG
Electronic Auction 571
Lot 125
Internet Archive
25 Sep 2024 XF USD 475.00
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
Savoca Numismatik
209th Monthly Silver Auction
Lot 92
Internet Archive
28 Apr 2024 XF USD 464.50
(EUR 400.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
Savoca Numismatik
188th Black Auction
Lot 25
Internet Archive
17 Dec 2023 XF USD 348.38
(EUR 300.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
Leu Numismatik
Web Auction 28
Lot 1240
Internet Archive
9 Dec 2023 XF USD 481.46
(CHF 380.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
Savoca Numismatik
255th Weekly Blue Auction
Lot 214
Internet Archive
15 Feb 2025 VF USD 418.05
(EUR 360.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
Savoca Numismatik
187th Silver Auction
Lot 43
Internet Archive
10 Dec 2023 VF USD 371.60
(EUR 320.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
Leu Numismatik
Web Auction 14
Lot 282
Internet Archive
12 Dec 2020 VF USD 506.80
(CHF 400.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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