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Hemidrachm

Features

Issuer Akragas (Sicily)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 413 BC - 406 BC
Value Hemidrachm (½)
Currency Attic drachm
Composition Silver
Weight 2.08 g
Diameter 14 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
547250
References Westermark Akragas# 575-580
Ulla Westermark; 2018. The Coinage of Akragas c. 510–406 BC. Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden (2 volumes).
, BMC Greek# 63
British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes).
, SNG ANS 3# 1010-1013
Hyla A. Troxell; 1975. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Collection of the American Numismatic Society / Part 3. Bruttium-Sicily 1 (Abacaenum-Eryx). American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States.
, SNG Copenhagen# 56
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes).
, SNG Munich 5# 80-81
Peter Robert Franke, Susanne Grunauer-von Hoerschelmann; 1977. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Staatliche Münzsammlung München / Heft 5. Sikelia. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany.
, SNG Lloyd# 825
Peter Bagwell Purefoy, Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume II - The Lloyd Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (4 volumes).
, Dewing# 566
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).
, HGC 2# 105
Oliver D. Hoover; 2012. Handbook of Coins of Sicily (Including Lipara) / Volume 2: Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues : Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.
, SNG Ashmolean# 1678
Oxford University Press (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume V - Ashmolean Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (7 volumes).
, Weber# 1200
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

Eagle right clutching hare in its talons, barley grain to left.

Reverse

Crab; below, ketos left, devouring fish.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΑΚΡΑ

Mint

Agrigentum, Sicily, modern-day Agrigento, Italy

Comments

Pozzi (Boutin) 924; Winterthur 579.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (413 BC - 406 BC)  Photo $ 110 $ 460 $ 710

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Examples of the type

Picture 1 of the example of Hemidrachm
© British Museum, 1927,0403.1
2.17 g (see more)
Picture 1 of the example of Hemidrachm
© British Museum, 1896,1203.2
1.8 g (see more)
Picture 1 of the example of Hemidrachm
© British Museum, RPK,p223F.5.Agr
2 g
BMC Greek (Sicily) p. 12, 63
(see more)
Picture 1 of the example of Hemidrachm Picture 2 of the example of Hemidrachm
© American Numismatic Society (ANS), 1997.9.112
15 mm1.98 g 11h (see more)
Picture 1 of the example of Hemidrachm Picture 2 of the example of Hemidrachm
© American Numismatic Society (ANS), 1984.46.23
1.87 g 11h (see more)
Picture 1 of the example of Hemidrachm Picture 2 of the example of Hemidrachm
© American Numismatic Society (ANS), 1944.100.8220
1.99 g 2h
SNG ANS 1012
(see more)
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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
Gemini
Auction XII
Lot 31
Internet Archive
11 Jan 2015 XF USD 1000.00
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
Emporium Hamburg
Auction 72
Lot 76
Internet Archive
13 Nov 2014 XF USD 714.55
(EUR 620.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
Teutoburger Münzauktion
Auction 79
Lot 917
Internet Archive
29 Nov 2013 XF USD 518.63
(EUR 450.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
Hess Divo
eLive Auction 4
Lot 1220
Internet Archive
24 Oct 2013 XF USD 1094.88
(EUR 950.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
Bertolami Fine Arts
Auction 6
Lot 145
Internet Archive
10 Dec 2012 XF USD 484.05
(EUR 420.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
Stacks Bowers
February 2025 Collectors Choice (World) Online Auction
Lot 74026
Internet Archive
24 Feb 2025 VF
(NGC VF)
USD 600.00
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
CNG
Electronic Auction 576
Lot 14
Internet Archive
4 Dec 2024 VF USD 600.00
(+ buyer's premium)

Ex Auction '79 (26 July 1979), lot 1866

Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
Multiple sales of the same specimen:
CNG
Electronic Auction 493
Lot 90
Internet Archive
9 Jun 2021 VF USD 375.00
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
Gorny & Mosch
Auction 257
Lot 157
Internet Archive
15 Oct 2018 VF USD 316.94
(EUR 275.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
Numismatik Naumann GmbH
Auction 103
Lot 31
Internet Archive
6 Jun 2021 VF USD 461.00
(EUR 400.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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