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Hemidrachm Lakedaimon

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 2.42 g
Diameter 16 mm
Shape Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique Młotkowana
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
181547
References BCD Peloponnesos# 849
Alan S. Walker; 2006. LHS Auction / Volume 96: The BCD Collection. Coins of Peloponnesos. LHS Numismatics, Zürich, Switzerland.
, Benner# 1
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# 642
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.
, Clerk# 324
Malcolm George Clerk; 1895. Catalogue of the Coins of the Achæan League. Bernard Quaritch, London, United Kingdom.
, SNG Copenhagen# 318
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes).
, Agrinion# 468
Margaret Thompson; 1968. The Agrinion Hoard / Volume 159. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States.

Obverse

Laureat z głową Zeusa w prawoAutomatically translated

Reverse

Monogram Ligi Achajskiej z ΛΑ powyżej, ΜΕ poniżej i pilei Dioscouri po lewej i prawej stronie. Całość w wieńcu laurowymAutomatically translated

Script: grecki

Lettering:
ΛΑ
ΜΕ

Mint

Lacedaemon, Laconia, modern-day Sparti, Greece

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm (Lakedaimon)
Nomos AG
Auction 25
Lot 142
Internet Archive
20 Nov 2022 XF USD 1900.80
(CHF 1500.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm (Lakedaimon)
CNG
Electronic Auction 488
Lot 191
Internet Archive
24 Mar 2021 VF USD 425.00
(+ buyer's premium)
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