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Hemidrachm

Features

Issuer Brettii (Bruttium)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 216 BC - 214 BC
Value Hemidrachm (½)
Currency Drachma poddasza
Composition Srebro
Weight 2.20 g
Diameter 17 mm
Shape Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique Młotkowana
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
412657
References HN Italy# 1967
Neville Keith Rutter, Andrew Burnett; 2001. Historia numorum: Italy. British Museum, London, United Kingdom.
, SNG Ashmolean# 1418
Oxford University Press (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume V - Ashmolean Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (7 volumes).
, SNG Copenhagen# 1626
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes).
, Nanteuil# 203
Henri Joseph de la Barre de Nanteuil, Louis Ciani (ed.), Jules Florange (ed.); 1925. Collection de monnaies grecques H. de Nanteuil. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France (2 volumes).
, Scheu# 87
Frederick Scheu; 1962. “Silver and Gold Coins of the Bruttians”, The Numismatic Chronicle, Series 7, Volume 2, pages 43-63.
, BMC Gr/It# 33
Reginald Stuart Poole, Barclay V. Head, Percy Gardner, Warwick William Wroth, George Francis Hill; 1873. A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum / Volume 1. Italy. British Museum, London, United Kingdom.
, Jameson# 2407
Robert Jameson. Collection R. Jameson. Feuardent​, Paris, France (4 volumes).
, de Luynes# 659
Jean Babelon, Louis Ciani (ed.), Jules Florange (ed.). Catalogue de la collection de Luynes - monnaies grecques. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France (4 volumes).

Obverse

(en) Laureate head of Apollo to right; to left, plectrum; below, small Γ.

Reverse

(en) Artemis, in hunting attire and with quiver over her right shoulder, standing front, head to left, holding arrow in her right hand and torch in her left; at her feet to left, hunting dog standing left, head turned back to right; at her feet to left and right, small Γ; in upper left field, star.

Script: grecki

Lettering: BPETTIΩN

Mint

Brucjowie, Italy

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
Multiple sales of the same specimen:
Leu Numismatik
Auction 17
Lot 29
Internet Archive
31 May 2025 XF USD 4822.42
(CHF 3800.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
Leu Numismatik
Auction 15
Lot 16
Internet Archive
1 Jun 2024 XF USD 5837.67
(CHF 4600.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
Künker
Auction 367
Lot 7037
Internet Archive
6 Apr 2022 XF USD 4654.44
(EUR 4000.00)
(+ buyer's premium)

Ex Tradart I, 12 December 1991, 32; Leu 36, 7 May 1985, 29 and from the collections of H. de Nanteuil (1876-1941), M. Collignon, Feuardent, 17-19 December 1919, 51 and J. J. Charvet de Beauvais, Rollin & Feuardent, 30 April 1903, 45

Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 140
Lot 14
Internet Archive
7 Nov 2023 XF USD 10 786.99
(CHF 8500.00)
(+ buyer's premium)

From the Jameson collection; ex Naville IV, 1922, 143; Ars Classica X, 1925, 124; Leu-M&M 3-4 December 1965, Niggeler, 67; M&M 41, 1970, 18; M&M 68, 1986, 68 and NGSA 6, 2010, 22

Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
CNG
Mail Bid Sale 67
Lot 171
Internet Archive
22 Sep 2004 VF USD 200.00
(+ buyer's premium)

Ex Vecchi 15 (15 June 1999), lot 73

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