Drachm

Features

Issuer	Chalkis (Euboia)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	338 BC - 308 BC
Value	Drachm (1)
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.66 g
Diameter	17.5 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 535453
References	Picard# 3 Olivier Picard; 1979. Chalcis et la Confédération eubéenne: Etude de numismatique et d'histoire (IVe - Ier siècle) = Chalcis and the Euboean Confederation. École Française d'Athènes, Paris, France. , BCD Euboia# 122-125 Florian Eggers; 2002. Numismatik Lanz Auktion / Volume 111: Sammlung BCD, antike griechische Münzen. Münzen von Euboia. Numismatik Lanz, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. , Lampson# 206 Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson; 1923. Catalogue of Ancient Greek Coins Collected by Godfrey Locker Lampson. Arthur L. Humphreys, London, United Kingdom. , SNG Berry# 614-615 Margaret Thompson, Robert Ross Holloway, Irwin L. Merker. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Burton Y. Berry Collection. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States (2 volumes). , SNG Copenhagen# 434 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , BMC Greek# 44-45 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , Traité III# 161 Ernest Babelon; 1914. Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines / Partie 2.3. Description historique: Comprenant les monnaies de la Grèce centrale et méridionale aux Ve et IVe siècles avant J.-C.. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France. , HGC 4# 1463 Oliver D. Hoover; 2014. Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Greece / Volume 4: Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris, and Corinthia : Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom. , McClean# 5674 Sidney W. Grose. Fitzwilliam Museum. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom (3 volumes). , Weber# 3352 Hermann David Weber, Leonard Forrer. Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Greek coins formed by Sir Hermann Weber M.D. 1823-1918. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes).

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Obverse

Head of the nymph Chalkis left or right.

Reverse

Eagle flying right, carrying serpent in talons; wreath in field.

Script: Greek

Lettering: XAΛ

Mint

Chalcis, Euboea, Greece

Comments

Hirsch 1259.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (338 BC - 308 BC)						$ 110	$ 450

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Numismatik Lanz Auction 111 Lot 122	25 Nov 2002	XF	USD 870.30 (EUR 750.00) (+ buyer's premium)
From the collection of G. Locker Lampson = Lampson 206; ex Naville - Ars Classica XII (18-23 October 1926), 1390; T. McKenna List 92-2 (February 1992), 24
© Numismatik Lanz Auctions
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 157 Lot 156	5 Oct 2025	VF	USD 638.22 (EUR 550.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Naumann GmbH
	Künker eLive Auction 86 Lot 5589	3 Mar 2025	VF	USD 464.16 (EUR 400.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Sotheby's LN 7263 (1997), lot 374 (part of)
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: CNG Electronic Auction 488 Lot 146	24 Mar 2021	VF	USD 450.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Electronic Auction 476 Lot 75	9 Sep 2020	VF	USD 475.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Savoca Numismatik 34th Silver Auction Lot 96	16 Jun 2019	VF	USD 174.06 (EUR 150.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG
	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 50 Lot 156	5 Feb 2017	VF	USD 150.85 (EUR 130.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Naumann GmbH
	CNG Electronic Auction 257 Lot 88	8 Jun 2011	VF	USD 300.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Münzen & Medaillen GmbH Auction 32 Lot 64	26 May 2010	VF	USD 133.45 (EUR 115.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Münzen & Medaillen GmbH
	CNG Electronic Auction 142 Lot 22	28 Jun 2006	VF	USD 185.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.