Hemidrachm Patrai

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	2.37 g
Diameter	14.0 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 153399
References	BCD Peloponnesos# 502 Alan S. Walker; 2006. LHS Auction / Volume 96: The BCD Collection. Coins of Peloponnesos. LHS Numismatics, Zürich, Switzerland. , Benner# 20 Steve M. Benner; 2008. Achaian League Coinage of the 3rd Through 1st Centuries B.C.E.. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. , HGC 5# 53 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. , Agrinion# 278 Margaret Thompson; 1968. The Agrinion Hoard / Volume 159. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States. , Clerk# 187 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 w prawo. Automatically translated

Reverse

(en) Monogram of the Achaian League with Δ to left, I to right, a trident facing right below and all within laurel wreath

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΔΙ

Mint

Patras, Peloponnesus, modern-day Patras, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (175 BC - 168 BC)							$ 100

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Nomos AG Auction 25 Lot 141	20 Nov 2022	XF	USD 453.70 (CHF 360.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Nomos AG obolos 36 Lot 273	23 Feb 2025	VF	USD 126.03 (CHF 100.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Electronic Auction 401 Lot 142	12 Jul 2017	VF	USD 60.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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