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Features

Issuer	Sardes (Lydia)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	133 BC - 14 AD
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Bronze
Weight	4.19 g
Diameter	15 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 560465
References	SNG Copenhagen# 469 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , BMC Greek# 45-46 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , GRPC Lydia 4# 174-176 Dane Kurth; 2020. Greek and Roman Provincial Coins - Lydia / Volume 4 - The Bronze Coinage of Lydia, Sardes (Sardis), Tripolis. Ege Yayinlari, Istanbul, Turkey. , Hochard# 1834 Pierre-Olivier Hochard; 2020. Lydie, terre d'empire(s). Ausonius Éditions, Bordeaux, France (2 volumes). , SNG Delepierre# 6312 Hélène Nicolet-Pierre, Georges Le Rider; 1983. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, France / Volume 1. Bibliothèque nationale de France: Collection Jean et Marie Delepierre. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France.

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Obverse

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.

Reverse

Kantharos; monogram to lower right.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΣAPΔIANΩN

Translation: of Sardes

Mint

Sardis, Lydia, Turkey

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (133 BC - 14 AD)						$ 21	$ 70

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Roma Numismatics E-Sale 114 Lot 364	23 Nov 2023	VF	USD 40.27 (GBP 30.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 131 Lot 271	6 Aug 2023	VF	USD 75.43 (EUR 65.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 130 Lot 273	2 Jul 2023	VF	USD 92.83 (EUR 80.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Roma Numismatics E-Sale 106 Lot 309	16 Feb 2023	VF	USD 46.98 (GBP 35.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Roma Numismatics E-Sale 105 Lot 270	19 Jan 2023	VF	USD 32.21 (GBP 24.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 16 Lot 1004	22 May 2021	VF	USD 69.46 (CHF 55.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Aufhäuser 4, 7 October 1987, 138
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	Künker Auction 333 Lot 391	16 Mar 2020	VF	USD 92.83 (EUR 80.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 8 Lot 401	29 Jun 2019	VF	USD 138.92 (CHF 110.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 57 Lot 274	3 Sep 2017	VF	USD 52.22 (EUR 45.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 52 Lot 1253	2 Apr 2017	VF	USD 46.42 (EUR 40.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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