Hemidrachm
Features
| Issuer |
Herakleia Pontika
(Bithynia)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 400 BC - 345 BC |
| Value | Hemidrachm (½) |
| Currency | Persic siglos/drachm |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 2.5 g |
| Diameter | 15 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 583295 |
| References | SNG BM Black Sea# 1584-1585 Martin Jessop Price; 1993. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum (Great Britain) / Volume 9.1. The British Museum. Part 1: The Black Sea. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. , SNG von Aulock# 6931Gebr. Mann (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Sammlung von Aulock. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany (17 volumes). , SNG Ashmolean# 380 Oxford University Press (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume V - Ashmolean Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (7 volumes). Ernest Babelon; 1898. Inventaire sommaire de la collection Waddington: Acquise par l'État en 1897 pour le département des Médailles et Antiques de la Bibliothèque Nationale. Rollin & Feuardent, Paris, France.Ernest Babelon; 1910. Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines / Partie 2.2. Description historique: Comprenant les monnaies de l'empire des Perses Achéménides, de l'orient sémitique et de l'Asie-mineure aux Ve et IVe siècles avant J.-C.. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France. , SNG Copenhagen# 408 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). |
Obverse
Head of Heracles bearded wearing a lion's skin to left.
Reverse
Quiver filled with arrows and bow covered with lion skin and club; in field, sometimes, crescent or ivy leaf.
Script: Greek
Lettering: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΑ
Mint
Heraclea Pontica, Bithynia, modern-day Marmara Ereglisi, TurkeySee also
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Numista Rarity index: 100
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Examples of the type
© British Museum, 1979,0101.97
15 mm • 2.46 g • ↑↑ 5h
15 mm • 2.46 g • ↑↑ 5h
SNG BM Black Sea 1585; SNG von Aulock 6931
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© The Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, HCR142287
15 mm • 2.43 g • ↑↑ 9h
15 mm • 2.43 g • ↑↑ 9h
SNG Ashmolean IX, 380
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Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Grade | Sold price | |
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Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 123 Lot 587 
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9 May 2021 | XF |
USD 3475.17
(CHF 2750.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Ex Beaussant-Lefevre sale 2, 2011, 57 |
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