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Hemidrachm

Features

Issuer Kalchedon (Bithynia)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 387 BC - 340 BC
Value Hemidrachm (½)
Currency Chian-Rhodian drachm
Composition Srebro
Weight 1.96 g
Diameter 11 mm
Shape Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique Młotkowana
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
366503
References BMC Greek# –
British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes).
, SNG BM Black Sea# 109-111
Martin Jessop Price; 1993. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum (Great Britain) / Volume 9.1. The British Museum. Part 1: The Black Sea. British Museum, London, United Kingdom.
, SNG Ashmolean# 352
Oxford University Press (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume V - Ashmolean Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (7 volumes).
, SNG von Aulock# 6987
Gebr. Mann (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Sammlung von Aulock. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany (17 volumes).
, SNG Copenhagen# 354-355
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes).
, HGC 7# 514
Oliver D. Hoover; 2012. Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Anatolia / Volume 7: Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, Lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian Bosporos): Fifth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom.
, Waddington# 259
Ernest Babelon; 1898. Inventaire sommaire de la collection Waddington: Acquise par l'État en 1897 pour le département des Médailles et Antiques de la Bibliothèque Nationale. Rollin & Feuardent, Paris, France.
, Recueil# 16
William Henry Waddington, Ernest Babelon, Théodore Reinach. Recueil général des monnaies grecques d'Asie mineure. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France (4 volumes).
, SNG Tübingen 3# 2108
Dietrich Mannsperger; 1985. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Münzsammlung der Universität Tübingen / 3. Heft. Akarnanien - Bithynien: Nr. 1543–2173. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany.
, Jameson# 1377
Robert Jameson. Collection R. Jameson. Feuardent​, Paris, France (4 volumes).

Obverse

Byk stojący w lewo na kłosie pszenicy; monogram przed.Automatically translated

Script: grecki

Lettering: KA

Reverse

Trzy kłosy zbożaAutomatically translated

Mint

Calchedon, Bithynia, modern-day Kadıköy, Turkey

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (387 BC - 340 BC)  Photo $ 120

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Examples of the type

Picture 1 of the example of Hemidrachm Picture 2 of the example of Hemidrachm
© The Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, HCR142236
11.8 mm1.9 g 6h
SNG Ashmolean IX 352
(see more)
Picture 1 of the example of Hemidrachm Picture 2 of the example of Hemidrachm
© Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica, ark:/12148/btv1b8561857t
1.83 g (see more)
Picture 1 of the example of Hemidrachm Picture 2 of the example of Hemidrachm
© Münzkabinett - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 18282375
11 mm1.89 g 8h (see more)
Picture 1 of the example of Hemidrachm
© British Museum, 1891,1004.11
12 mm1.85 g
SNG BM Black Sea 110
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Picture 1 of the example of Hemidrachm
© British Museum, 1894,0504.3
12 mm1.83 g
SNG BM Black Sea 109
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Picture 1 of the example of Hemidrachm
© British Museum, 1979,0101.83
11 mm2.17 g
SNG BM Black Sea 111
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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
Künker
Auction 434 eLive
Lot 8161
Internet Archive
17 Nov 2025 VF USD 121.91
(EUR 105.00)
(+ buyer's premium)

Ex Münz Zentrum 88, Cologne 1997, No. 101

Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
Künker
Auction 434 eLive
Lot 8160
Internet Archive
17 Nov 2025 VF USD 394.75
(EUR 340.00)
(+ buyer's premium)

Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 81, Munich 1997, Lot 277

Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
CNG
Electronic Auction 238
Lot 118
Internet Archive
11 Aug 2010 VF USD 98.00
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
CNG
Electronic Auction 359
Lot 64
Internet Archive
9 Sep 2015 F USD 60.00
(+ buyer's premium)
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