Hemidrachm

Features

Issuer	Chalkis (Euboia)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	338 BC - 308 BC
Value	Hemidrachm (½)
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	1.81 g
Diameter	13 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 535615
References	Picard# 7 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# 136 Florian Eggers; 2002. Numismatik Lanz Auktion / Volume 111: Sammlung BCD, antike griechische Münzen. Münzen von Euboia. Numismatik Lanz, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. , Hirsch# 1264 Paul Naster; 1959. La collection Lucien de Hirsch. Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium (2 volumes). , Traité III# 162 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. , SNG Delepierre# 1381 Hélène Nicolet-Pierre, Georges Le Rider; 1983. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, France / Volume 1. Bibliothèque nationale de France: Collection Jean et Marie Delepierre. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France. , SNG Copenhagen# 440-441 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , BMC Greek# 57-59 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , SNG Lockett# 1789 Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson, Richard Cyril Lockett. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume III - The Lockett Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). , Weber# 3358 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).

Obverse

Head of the nymph Chalkis to right.

Reverse

Eagle with outstretched wings to the right, holding a hare in both talons; crescent moon in the field to the left.

Script: Greek

Lettering: XA

Mint

Chalcis, Euboea, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (338 BC - 308 BC)						$ 75	$ 150	$ 550

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	CNG Triton VIII Lot 301	11 Jan 2005	XF	USD 350.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex BCD Collection; Classical Numismatic Review XX/2 Supplement (Summer 1995), no. 75
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Numismatik Lanz Auction 111 Lot 136	25 Nov 2002	XF	USD 754.78 (EUR 650.00) (+ buyer's premium)
From the collection of W.P. Wallace
© Numismatik Lanz Auctions
	Nomos AG obolos 25 Lot 162	23 Oct 2022	VF	USD 190.00 (CHF 150.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	CNG Electronic Auction 180 Lot 24	23 Jan 2008	VF	USD 125.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex BCD and W.P. Wallace collections
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Electronic Auction 180 Lot 25	23 Jan 2008	VF	USD 165.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex BCD Collection
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Electronic Auction 132 Lot 31	1 Feb 2006	VF	USD 82.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex BCD and W.P. Wallace collections; from IGCH 205 hoard
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Electronic Auction 125 Lot 38	26 Oct 2005	VF	USD 67.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex BCD Collection; Sotheby's (15 May 1974), lot 34 (part of)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Electronic Auction 117 Lot 12	29 Jun 2005	VF	USD 110.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex BCD and W.P. Wallace collections
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Mail Bid Sale 67 Lot 540	22 Sep 2004	VF	USD 150.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex BCD and W.P. Wallace collections
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Concordia Numismatic Auction 13 Lot 6	9 Mar 2024	F	USD 75.48 (EUR 65.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Concordia Numismatics e.U.