Hemidrachm

Features

Issuer	Mytilene (Lesbos)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	350 BC - 250 BC
Value	Hemidrachm (½)
Currency	Persic siglos/drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	2.78 g
Diameter	13 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 556435
References	HGC 6# 1044 Oliver D. Hoover; 2010. Handbook of Coins of the Islands / Volume 6: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian Seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus) : Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom. , SNG Ashmolean# 1551 Oxford University Press (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume V - Ashmolean Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (7 volumes). , Nanteuil# 650 Henri Joseph de la Barre de Nanteuil, Louis Ciani (ed.), Jules Florange (ed.); 1925. Collection de monnaies grecques H. de Nanteuil. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France (2 volumes). , Traité II# 2245 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. , BMC Greek# 36 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , Ward# 656 John Ward, George Francis Hill; 1902. Greek coins and their parent cities. John Murray, London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Laureate head of Apollo right.

Reverse

Kithara in linear square.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΜΥΤΙ

Mint

Mytilene, Lesbos, modern-day Mytilene, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (350 BC - 250 BC)							$ 140	$ 1100

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Examples of the type

BMC Greek (Troas, Aolis, Lesbos) p. 187, 36

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	CNG Auction 124 Lot 189	19 Sep 2023	XF	USD 3750.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection (Sotheby's Zurich, 4 April 1973), lot 555; John Ward Collection = Ward 656
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Leu Numismatik Web Auction 4 Lot 259	24 Jun 2018	XF	USD 1140.31 (CHF 900.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Leu Numismatik
	Hess Divo Auction 330 Lot 12	21 May 2016	XF	USD 1076.96 (CHF 850.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Hess Divo
	Münzen & Medaillen GmbH Auction 28 Lot 931	30 Oct 2008	XF	USD 696.76 (EUR 600.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Münzen & Medaillen GmbH
	Savoca Numismatik 270th Monthly Silver Auction Lot 98	25 May 2025	VF	USD 104.51 (EUR 90.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG
	Roma Numismatics E-Sale 81 Lot 407	25 Feb 2021	VF	USD 322.18 (GBP 240.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Savoca Numismatik 20th Blue Auction Lot 327	18 May 2019	VF	USD 75.48 (EUR 65.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG
	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 65 Lot 156	6 May 2018	VF	USD 139.35 (EUR 120.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Naumann GmbH
	Künker Auction 182 Lot 283	14 Mar 2011	VF	USD 580.63 (EUR 500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	Gorny & Mosch Auction 118 Lot 1423	15 Oct 2002	VF	USD 209.03 (EUR 180.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung