Dichalkon

Features

Issuer	Megara (Megaris)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	350 BC - 275 BC
Value	Dichalkon (1⁄24)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Brąz
Weight	2.93 g
Diameter	15 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 190594
References	BCD Peloponnesos# 7-11 Alan S. Walker; 2006. LHS Auction / Volume 96: The BCD Collection. Coins of Peloponnesos. LHS Numismatics, Zürich, Switzerland. , BMC Greek# 21-29 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , SNG Copenhagen# 480-483 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , Kroll# 643 John H. Kroll, Alan S. Walker; 1993. The Athenian Agora / Volume 26. The Greek Coins. American School of Classical Studies, Princeton, New Jersey, United States. , HGC 4# 1797 Oliver D. Hoover; 2014. Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Greece / Volume 4: Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris, and Corinthia : Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom. , BCD Peloponnesos II# 2002-2003 Classical Numismatic Group (publisher); 2009. Mail Bid Sale / Sale 81/2: The BCD Collection of Coins of the Peloponnesos, Part II. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. , Rhousopoulos# 2165 Jacob Hirsch; 1905. Auctions-Catalog einer hochbedeutenden Sammlung Griechischer Münzen: aus dem Nachlasse eines bekannten Archäologen = Auctions catalog of a highly important collection of Greek coins. Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

Obverse

(en) Prow of galley to left, on which stands a tripod; below, sometimes, symbol : dolphin, cuttlefish, prawn, club, tripod etc.

Reverse

Dwa dopliny tworzące okrąg, wewnątrz napis. Automatically translated

Script: grecki

Lettering: MEΓ

Mint

Megara, Megaris, modern-day Megara, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (350 BC - 275 BC)						$ 79	$ 89

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Nomos AG obolos 41 Lot 117	22 Feb 2026	VF	USD 88.69 (CHF 70.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	CNG Electronic Auction 410 Lot 86	29 Nov 2017	VF	USD 75.00 (+ buyer's premium)
From the BCD Collection
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Electronic Auction 408 Lot 124	25 Oct 2017	VF	USD 80.00 (+ buyer's premium)
From the BCD Collection; ex Malter 57 (9 April 1994), lot 585 (part of)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Electronic Auction 401 Lot 118	12 Jul 2017	VF	USD 45.00 (+ buyer's premium)
From the BCD Collection; ex Dorotheum 451 (27 November 1990), lot 59 (part of)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Electronic Auction 396 Lot 132	26 Apr 2017	VF	USD 50.00 (+ buyer's premium)
From the BCD Collection
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: CNG Electronic Auction 368 Lot 65	10 Feb 2016	VF	USD 180.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Mail Bid Sale 81 Lot 2002	20 May 2009	VF	USD 110.00 (+ buyer's premium)
From the BCD Collection = BCD Peloponnesos II 2002
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Auctiones eAuction 40 Lot 34	20 Sep 2015	VF	USD 76.02 (CHF 60.00) (+ buyer's premium)
From the BCD Collection
© Auctiones GmbH
	CNG Electronic Auction 240 Lot 165	8 Sep 2010	VF	USD 135.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Mail Bid Sale 81 Lot 2003	20 May 2009	VF	USD 350.00 (+ buyer's premium)
From the BCD Collection = BCD Peloponnesos II 2003
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.