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Hemisiglos - Hephaistoleos

Features

Issuer Abydos (Troad)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 350 BC - 325 BC
Value Hemisiglos (½)
Currency Persic siglos/drachm
Composition Silver
Weight 2.58 g
Diameter 14 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
530226
References CN type# 2574
Corpus Nummorum Online (https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/)
, Traité II# 2463
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.
, SNG Munich 19# 11
Hans Roland Baldus; 1991. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Staatliche Münzsammlung München / Heft 19. Troas - Lesbos. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany.
, BMC Greek# 16
British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes).
, Waddington# 1039
Ernest Babelon; 1898. Inventaire sommaire de la collection Waddington: Acquise par l'État en 1897 pour le département des Médailles et Antiques de la Bibliothèque Nationale. Rollin & Feuardent, Paris, France.
, SNG Ashmolean# 965
Oxford University Press (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume V - Ashmolean Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (7 volumes).

Obverse

Laureate head of Apollo right.

Reverse

Eagle, wings closed, standing left; Nike flying, holding wreath before and rose behind.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΑΒΥ
ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΛΕΩΣ

Translation: of Abydos and Hephaistoleos

Mint

Abydus, Troade, modern-day Nağara, Turkey

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (350 BC - 325 BC)  Photo $ 73

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Examples of the type

Picture 1 of the example of Hemisiglos - Hephaistoleos
© British Museum, 1892,0704.5
15 mm2.53 g 6h
BMC Greek (Troas, Aeolis, Lesbos) p. 3, 16
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Picture 1 of the example of Hemisiglos - Hephaistoleos Picture 2 of the example of Hemisiglos - Hephaistoleos
© Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica, ark:/12148/btv1b85057149
15 mm2.65 g
Waddington 1039
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Picture 1 of the example of Hemisiglos - Hephaistoleos Picture 2 of the example of Hemisiglos - Hephaistoleos
© Münzkabinett - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 18266518
14 mm2.59 g 6h (see more)
Picture 1 of the example of Hemisiglos - Hephaistoleos Picture 2 of the example of Hemisiglos - Hephaistoleos
© The Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, HCR101243
14 mm2.27 g 6h
SNG Ashmolean 965
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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Hemisiglos - Hephaistoleos
Kölner Münzkabinett
Auction 123
Lot 2040
Internet Archive
5 Oct 2024 VF USD 348.38
(EUR 300.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hemisiglos - Hephaistoleos
Concordia Numismatic
Auction 21
Lot 383
Internet Archive
19 Oct 2024 F USD 81.29
(EUR 70.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hemisiglos - Hephaistoleos
Concordia Numismatic
Auction 9
Lot 118
Internet Archive
15 Oct 2023 F USD 63.87
(EUR 55.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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