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Features

Issuer	Lyttos (Crete (ancient))
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	300 BC - 201 BC
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Bronze
Weight	4.69 g
Diameter	18 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 562108
References	SvoronosCr# 75-82 Ioannis Nikolaus Svoronos; 1890. Numismatique de la Crète ancienne. Protat frères, Paris, France. , BMC Greek# 23-25 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , SNG Copenhagen# 499 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , Laffaille# 392 Pierre Strauss; 1990. Collection Maurice Laffaille: monnaies grecques en bronze. Monnaies et Medailles, Basel, Switzerland. , Rhousopoulos# 3031 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# 3244 David R. Sear. Greek Coins and Their Values. B.A. Seaby, London, United Kingdom (2 volumes). , Consul Weber# 2164 Jacob Hirsch. Sammlung Consul Eduard Friedrich Weber. Munich, Bavaria, Germany (2 volumes). , Weber# 4533-4534 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

Laureate head of Zeus right.

Reverse

Eagle right.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΛYTTION

Mint

Lyttos, Crete, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (300 BC - 201 BC)						$ 81	$ 130	$ 910

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Künker Auction 304 Lot 416	19 Mar 2018	XF	USD 1161.07 (EUR 1000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	Hess Divo Auction 307 Lot 1188	7 Jun 2007	XF	USD 315.92 (CHF 250.00) (+ buyer's premium)
From Maurice Lafaille Collection; ex Münzen & Medaillen AG 76, 19 September 1991, lot 392 = Laffaille 392
© Hess Divo
	CNG Electronic Auction 590 Lot 147	2 Jul 2025	VF	USD 140.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 32 Lot 435	7 Dec 2024	VF	USD 75.82 (CHF 60.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Leu Numismatik
	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 18 Lot 968	18 Dec 2021	VF	USD 151.64 (CHF 120.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Leu Numismatik
	CNG Electronic Auction 345 Lot 73	25 Feb 2015	VF	USD 130.00 (+ buyer's premium)
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Spink America (6 December 1999), lot 638 (part of)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Roma Numismatics E-Sale 12 Lot 451	1 Nov 2014	VF	USD 100.71 (GBP 75.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	CNG Electronic Auction 205 Lot 140	25 Feb 2009	VF	USD 60.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Künker Auction 136 Lot 275	10 Mar 2008	VF	USD 162.55 (EUR 140.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Triton III, New York 1999, Lot 1658 (part of)
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	Künker Auction 136 Lot 274	10 Mar 2008	VF	USD 116.11 (EUR 100.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Triton III, New York 1999, Lot 1658 (part of)
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg