Hemidrachm Megalopolis

Features

Issuer	Achaean League (Achaia)
Period	Second Achaean League (280 BC - 146 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	160 BC - 146 BC
Value	Hemidrachm (½)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Srebro
Weight	2.47 g
Diameter	15.0 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 153367
References	BCD Peloponnesos# 1551.4 Alan S. Walker; 2006. LHS Auction / Volume 96: The BCD Collection. Coins of Peloponnesos. LHS Numismatics, Zürich, Switzerland. , HGC 5# 926 Oliver D. Hoover; 2011. Handbook of Coins of the Peloponnesos / Volume 5: Achaia, Phleiasia, Sikyonia, Elis, Triphylia, Messenia, Lakonia, Argolis, and Arkadia : Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom. , SNG Copenhagen# 285 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , Benner# 14 Steve M. Benner; 2008. Achaian League Coinage of the 3rd Through 1st Centuries B.C.E.. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. , Clerk# 214 Malcolm George Clerk; 1895. Catalogue of the Coins of the Achæan League. Bernard Quaritch, London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

(en) Laureate head of Zeus right and letters B Z below

Reverse

(en) Monogram of the Achaian League. Ξ above, I–K across the field, syrinx below in the fields and all within laurel wreath

Script: grecki

Lettering:
Ξ
I K

Mint

Megalopolis, Arcadia, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (160 BC - 146 BC)

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