Hemidrachm

Features

Issuer	Mytilene (Lesbos)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	350 BC - 250 BC
Value	Hemidrachm (½)
Currency	Persic siglos/drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	2.7 g
Diameter	16 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 556442
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. , Traité II# 2249 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. , de Luynes# 2573 Jean Babelon, Louis Ciani (ed.), Jules Florange (ed.). Catalogue de la collection de Luynes - monnaies grecques. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France (4 volumes).

Obverse

Laureate head of Apollo right.

Reverse

Kithara; thunderbolt in left field and monogram in right field.

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)

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