Drachm - Orontas Adramyttion

Features

Issuer	Satrapy of Mysia (Achaemenid Satrapies)
Satrap	Orontas (401 BC - 362 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	362 BC - 348 BC
Value	Drachm (1)
Currency	Chian-Rhodian drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.19 g
Diameter	15 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 556248
References	CN type# 13027 Corpus Nummorum Online (https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/) , Troxell Orontes# 1 Hyla A. Troxell; 1981. “Orontes, Satrap of Mysia”, Schweizerische Numismatische Rundschau = Revue Suisse de Numismatique (Swiss Numismatic Review), Volume 60, pages 27-40. , SNG France# 1161 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum France (8 volumes). , Waddington# 1362 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. , Traité II# 56 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.

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Obverse

Head of Athena, left, wearing Attic helmet.

Reverse

Forepart of winged horse, right; astragalos behind.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΟΡΟΝΤΑ

Mint

Adramyteum, Mysia, modern-day Edremit, Turkey

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (362 BC - 348 BC)							$ 470

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Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum France 5. Mysie 1161; Waddington 1362

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Künker Auction 434 eLive Lot 8185	17 Nov 2025	VF	USD 691.38 (EUR 600.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Hauck & Aufhäuser Auction 18, Munich 2004, No. 135
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 27 Lot 987	9 Sep 2023	VF	USD 200.95 (CHF 160.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Leu Numismatik