Hemidrachm Megara

Features

Issuer	Achaean League (Achaia)
Period	Second Achaean League (280 BC - 146 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	175 BC - 168 BC
Value	Hemidrachm (½)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Srebro
Weight	2.27 g
Diameter	15.0 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 153352
References	BCD Peloponnesos# 27.1 Alan S. Walker; 2006. LHS Auction / Volume 96: The BCD Collection. Coins of Peloponnesos. LHS Numismatics, Zürich, Switzerland. , McClean# 6431-6432 Sidney W. Grose. Fitzwilliam Museum. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom (3 volumes). , Agrinion# 431-441 Margaret Thompson; 1968. The Agrinion Hoard / Volume 159. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States. , Benner# 4 Steve M. Benner; 2008. Achaian League Coinage of the 3rd Through 1st Centuries B.C.E.. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. , Clerk# 120 Malcolm George Clerk; 1895. Catalogue of the Coins of the Achæan League. Bernard Quaritch, London, United Kingdom.

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Obverse

Laureat z głową Zeusa Amariosa zwróconą w prawo Automatically translated

Reverse

Monogram Ligi Achajskiej w wieńcu, lira powyżej i napis w poprzek pola Automatically translated

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΔΩ ΡΟ

Mint

Megara, Megaris, modern-day Megara, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (175 BC - 168 BC)

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Nomos AG obolos 36 Lot 270	23 Feb 2025	VF	USD 405.45 (CHF 320.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Electronic Auction 151 Lot 55	1 Nov 2006	F	USD 76.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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