Hemidrachm Messene

Features

Issuer	Achaean League (Achaia)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	191 BC - 183 BC
Value	Hemidrachm (½)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Srebro
Weight	2.44 g
Diameter	14.0 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 190650
References	BCD Peloponnesos# 706 Alan S. Walker; 2006. LHS Auction / Volume 96: The BCD Collection. Coins of Peloponnesos. LHS Numismatics, Zürich, Switzerland. , Clerk# 310 Malcolm George Clerk; 1895. Catalogue of the Coins of the Achæan League. Bernard Quaritch, London, United Kingdom. , Benner# 8 Steve M. Benner; 2008. Achaian League Coinage of the 3rd Through 1st Centuries B.C.E.. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. , SNG Copenhagen# 314 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , HGC 5# 595 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# 314 Margaret Thompson; 1968. The Agrinion Hoard / Volume 159. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States.

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Obverse

Laureat z głową Zeusa w prawo Automatically translated

Reverse

Monogram ΑΧ, po lewej i prawej stronie Ξ-Ε, a powyżej monogram ΠΛΥ. Poniżej, ΜΕ (ligate) i wszystko w wieńcu Automatically translated

Script: grecki

Lettering:
ΑΧ
Ξ Ε
ΠΛΥ
ΜΕ

Mint

Messene, Peloponnesus, modern-day Ithomi, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (191 BC - 183 BC)							$ 1000

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Roma Numismatics E-Sale 109 Lot 128	11 May 2023	VF	USD 1211.81 (GBP 900.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Nomos AG obolos 4 Lot 280	21 Feb 2016	VF	USD 380.83 (CHF 300.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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