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Features

Issuer	Lyttos (Crete (ancient))
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	300 BC - 201 BC
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Bronze
Weight	1.24 g
Diameter	12 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 562099
References	SvoronosCr# 87 Ioannis Nikolaus Svoronos; 1890. Numismatique de la Crète ancienne. Protat frères, Paris, France. , BMC Greek# 21-22 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , SNG Copenhagen# 506-507 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , SNG KIKPE# 670 Vasō Penna, Yannis Stoyas; 2012. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Greece / Volume 7. The KIKPE Collection of Bronze Coins. Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece. , Rhousopoulos# 3029-3030 Jacob Hirsch; 1905. Auctions-Catalog einer hochbedeutenden Sammlung Griechischer Münzen: aus dem Nachlasse eines bekannten Archäologen = Auctions catalog of a highly important collection of Greek coins. Munich, Bavaria, Germany. , GCV# 3246 David R. Sear. Greek Coins and Their Values. B.A. Seaby, London, United Kingdom (2 volumes). , Consul Weber# 2163 Jacob Hirsch. Sammlung Consul Eduard Friedrich Weber. Munich, Bavaria, Germany (2 volumes). , Lindgren II# 1761 Henry Clay Lindgren; 1989. Ancient Greek Bronze Coins: European Mints from the Lindgren Collection / Volume II. Chrysopylon Publications, San Mateo, California, United States. , Weber# 4532 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).

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Obverse

Helmeted head of Athena right.

Reverse

Prow right.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΛYT

Mint

Lyttos, Crete, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (300 BC - 201 BC)							$ 740

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: CNG Electronic Auction 591 Lot 88	16 Jul 2025	VF	USD 750.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Künker Auction 136 Lot 286	10 Mar 2008	VF	The lot includes several items.
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Künker Auction 136 Lot 284	10 Mar 2008	VF	USD 151.07 (EUR 130.00) (+ buyer's premium)
From James H. Joy & Lindgren collections = Lindgren II, No. 1758
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	Künker Auction 136 Lot 285	10 Mar 2008	VF	USD 69.72 (EUR 60.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	Münzen & Medaillen GmbH Auction 21 Lot 488	24 May 2007	VF	The lot includes several items.
© Münzen & Medaillen GmbH
	CNG Electronic Auction 173 Lot 249	26 Sep 2007	VF	USD 165.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Electronic Auction 345 Lot 77	25 Feb 2015	F	USD 45.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Glendining (7 November 1979), lot 31 (part of)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.