Hemidrachm

Features

Issuer	Lyttos (Crete (ancient))
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	320 BC - 270 BC
Value	Hemidrachm (½)
Currency	Aeginetic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	2.91 g
Diameter	15 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered, Incuse
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 562226
References	SvoronosCr# 14 Ioannis Nikolaus Svoronos; 1890. Numismatique de la Crète ancienne. Protat frères, Paris, France. , BMC Greek# 17-18 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , Ward# 577 John Ward, George Francis Hill; 1902. Greek coins and their parent cities. John Murray, London, United Kingdom. , GCV# 3242 David R. Sear. Greek Coins and Their Values. B.A. Seaby, London, United Kingdom (2 volumes). , Dewing# 2054 Leo Mildenberg (ed.), Silvia Mani Hurter (ed.); 1985. The Dewing Collection of Greek Coins. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States (2 volumes).

Obverse

Eagle flying to left.

Reverse

Head of boar to right within incuse square bordered by dots.

Script: Greek (retrograde)

Lettering: ΛVTIΟΝ

Mint

Lyttos, Crete, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (320 BC - 270 BC)

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Sold price
	Künker Auction 136 Lot 263	10 Mar 2008	USD 464.60 (EUR 400.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Münzen und Medaillen Deutschland GmbH 1, Stuttgart 1997, Nr. 169; R. Myers 8, New York 1973, No. 60
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg