Drachm

Features

Issuer	Kyrene (Kyrenaica)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	500 BC - 480 BC
Value	Drachm (1)
Currency	Drachma poddasza
Composition	Srebro
Weight	4.05 g
Diameter	13.5 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana, Incuse
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 439822
References	BMC Greek# 20 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , Rosen# 764 Nancy M. Waggoner; 1983. Early Greek Coins from the Collection of Jonathan P. Rosen. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States. , Traité I# 2010 Ernest Babelon; 1907. Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines / Partie 2.1. Description historique: Comprenant les monnaies greques depuis les origines jusqu'aux guerres médiques. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France.

Obverse

(en) Head of a bearded man-headed bull to left, his curved horn extending out before his brow; in the field to left, silphium fruit.

Reverse

(en) Star with four rays and with a lotus in each angle; all within incuse square.

Mint

Cyrene, Cyrenaica, Libya

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (500 BC - 480 BC)							$ 4600

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Examples of the type

BMC Greek (Cyrenaica) p. 6, 20

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Nomos AG Auction 33 Lot 1480	9 Jun 2024	VF	USD 3798.24 (CHF 3000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
From the Collection of Jonathan H. Kagan, ex F. B. Shore FPL 84, May 1998, 14 and from the collection of J. P. Rosen, Monnaies et Médailles 72, 6 October 1987, 423 = Rosen 764
© Nomos AG
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Leu Numismatik Auction 3 Lot 130	27 Oct 2018	VF	USD 5570.75 (CHF 4400.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Leu Numismatik
	Leu Numismatik Auction 1 Lot 108	25 Oct 2017	VF	USD 8229.51 (CHF 6500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Leu Numismatik