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Hemidrachm

Features

Issuer Megara (Megaris)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 300 BC - 250 BC
Value Hemidrachm (½)
Currency Attic drachm
Composition Silver
Weight 1.94 g
Diameter 15 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
574223
References BCD Peloponnesos# 14-15
Alan S. Walker; 2006. LHS Auction / Volume 96: The BCD Collection. Coins of Peloponnesos. LHS Numismatics, Zürich, Switzerland.
, BMC Greek# 10
British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes).
, SNG Copenhagen# 467
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes).
, McClean# 5985
Sidney W. Grose. Fitzwilliam Museum. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom (3 volumes).
, SNG Lockett# 2017
Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson, Richard Cyril Lockett. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume III - The Lockett Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes).

Obverse

Laureate head of Apollo right.

Reverse

Kithara.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΜΕΓΑ
ΡΕΩΝ

Mint

Megara, Megaris, modern-day Megara, Greece

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ND (300 BC - 250 BC)  Photo $ 440

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Examples of the type

Picture 1 of the example of Hemidrachm Picture 2 of the example of Hemidrachm
© Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica, ark:/12148/btv1b8565593w
1.85 g (see more)
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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
CNG
Electronic Auction 247
Lot 93
Internet Archive
12 Jan 2011 F USD 320.00
(+ buyer's premium)

Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8-9 May 2006), lot 15 = BCD Peloponnesos 15

Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
CNG
Electronic Auction 247
Lot 92
Internet Archive
12 Jan 2011 F USD 575.00
(+ buyer's premium)

Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8-9 May 2006), lot 14 = BCD Peloponnesos 14

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