Hemidrachm

Features

Issuer	Kyrene (Kyrenaica)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	500 BC - 480 BC
Value	Hemidrachm (½)
Currency	Drachma poddasza
Composition	Srebro
Weight	1.81 g
Diameter	10 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana, Incuse
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 440068
References	BMC Greek# 26-28 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , Traité I# 2022 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. , Müller Cyrénaique# 26-29 Christian Tuxen Falbe, Jacob Christian Linberg, Ludvig Müller; 1860. Numismatique de l'ancienne Afrique / Volume 1. Les monnaies de la Cyrénaique = Numismatics of ancient Africa. Imprimerie de Bianco Luno, Copenhagen, Denmark. , SNG Copenhagen# 1169 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , Buttrey Cyrene# 83 Theodore Vern Buttrey, Jr., Ian MacPhee; 1998. The Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone at Cyrene, Libya: Final Reports, Volume VI. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. , Rosen# 763 Nancy M. Waggoner; 1983. Early Greek Coins from the Collection of Jonathan P. Rosen. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States. , Consul Weber# 4637 Jacob Hirsch. Sammlung Consul Eduard Friedrich Weber. Munich, Bavaria, Germany (2 volumes).

Obverse

(en) Silphium fruit.

Reverse

(en) Head of Zeus Ammon to right, with Ram’s horn.

Mint

Cyrene, Cyrenaica, Libya

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (500 BC - 480 BC)						$ 240	$ 930	$ 10 000

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Examples of the type

BMC Greek (Cyrenaica) p. 7, 26

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BMC Greek (Cyrenaica) p. 7, 27

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BMC Greek (Cyrenaica) p. 7, 28

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Nomos AG Auction 25 Lot 265	20 Nov 2022	XF	USD 10 783.26 (CHF 8500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex LHS Numismatik 100, 23 April 2007, 346
© Nomos AG
	CNG Triton XXII Lot 431	8 Jan 2019	XF	USD 10 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 123 (March 1953), no. 20
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Gorny & Mosch Auction 306 Lot 342	15 Oct 2024	VF	USD 930.45 (EUR 800.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung
	CGB Mail Bid Sale 59 Lot 139	19 Jun 2013	VF	USD 598.98 (EUR 515.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© CGB
	Nomos AG Auction 32 Lot 516	8 Jun 2024	VF	USD 697.74 (CHF 550.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Nomos AG Auction 30 Lot 1227	6 Nov 2023	VF	USD 1522.34 (CHF 1200.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	CNG Auction 109 Lot 380	12 Sep 2018	VF	USD 850.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 2 Lot 344	3 Dec 2017	VF	USD 1078.33 (CHF 850.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Leu Numismatik
	CNG Auction 88 Lot 569	14 Sep 2011	VF	USD 800.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 38 Lot 985	13 Dec 2025	F	USD 304.47 (CHF 240.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Leu Numismatik