Drachm

Features

Issuer	Kydonia (Crete (ancient))
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	189 BC - 184 BC
Value	Drachm (1)
Currency	Aeginetic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	4.25 g
Diameter	19 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 540425
References	SvoronosCr# 39-42 Ioannis Nikolaus Svoronos; 1890. Numismatique de la Crète ancienne. Protat frères, Paris, France. , Traité III# 1757 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. , BMC Greek# 9 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , de Luynes# 2338 Jean Babelon, Louis Ciani (ed.), Jules Florange (ed.). Catalogue de la collection de Luynes - monnaies grecques. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France (4 volumes). , Weber# 4437 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). , Pozzi# 1974 Naville & Cie (publisher); 1920. Monnaies grecques antiques: Provenant de la collection de feu le prof. S. Pozzi = Ancient Greek coins. Naville & Cie, Luzern, Switzerland. , Dewing# 1994 Leo Mildenberg (ed.), Silvia Mani Hurter (ed.); 1985. The Dewing Collection of Greek Coins. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States (2 volumes). , SNG Lockett# 2544 Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson, Richard Cyril Lockett. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume III - The Lockett Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes).

Obverse

Helmeted head of Athena right.

Reverse

Greyhound standing left, turning her head to look at the infant Cydon who she is nursing.

Script: Greek

Lettering: KYΔΩΝ

Mint

Cydonia, Crete, modern-day Chania, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (189 BC - 184 BC)

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