Hemidrachm - Orou

Features

Issuer	Achaemenid Satrapy of Caria (Achaemenid Satrapies)
Dynast	Orou (450 BC - 400 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	450 BC - 400 BC
Value	Hemidrachm (½)
Currency	Aeginetic drachm
Composition	Srebro
Weight	2.90 g
Diameter	14 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana, Incuse
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 450019
References	Müseler Lycia# IV, A, 1-5 Wilhelm Müseler; 2016. Lykische Münzen: in europäischen Privatsammlungen = Lycian Coins. Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları (Archaeology and Art Publications), Istanbul, Turkey. , SNG von Aulock# 4118-4119 Gebr. Mann (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Sammlung von Aulock. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany (17 volumes). , SNG Copenhagen Supp# 430 Sabine Schultz, Jan Zahle; 2002. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Supplement. Acquisitions 1942-1996. Nationalmuseet (National Museum of Denmark), Copenhagen, Denmark. , SNG Ashmolean# 349-350 Oxford University Press (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume V - Ashmolean Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (7 volumes). , SNG Kayhan# 1668 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Turkey 1 - The Muharrem Kayhan Collection. Istanbul, Turkey (2 volumes). , BMC Greek# 73-74 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , SNG Berry# 1166 Margaret Thompson, Robert Ross Holloway, Irwin L. Merker. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Burton Y. Berry Collection. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States (2 volumes). , SNG Keckman Asia# 442-444 Richard Ashton; 1999. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Finland / Part 2. The Erkki Keckman Collection in the Skopbank, Helsinki: Asia Minor Except Karia. Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, Helsinki, Finland. , HN Online# 1395 Historia numorum (http://hno.huma-num.fr/)

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Obverse

(en) Forepart of winged man-headed bull to right.

Reverse

(en) Laureate head of Apollo to right; all within a border of dots in an incuse square.

Script: licyjski

Lettering: 𐊒𐊇𐊒V

Comments

(en)

Previously attributed to Lycian dynast Uvug, for re-attribution see K. Konuk, ‘Orou, dynaste de Carie’ in P. Brun (ed.), Scripta Anatolica, Mélanges en l'honneur de Pierre Debord (Bordeaux, 2007a), pp. 103−111.

Konuk, Orou 2.1.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (450 BC - 400 BC)							$ 120

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Künker Auction 402 Lot 110	14 Mar 2024	VF	USD 116.36 (EUR 100.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	Künker Auction 402 Lot 111	14 Mar 2024	VF	USD 349.08 (EUR 300.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	Roma Numismatics E-Sale 64 Lot 385	28 Nov 2019	VF	USD 73.98 (GBP 55.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Jean Elsen & ses Fils Auction 119 Lot 243	7 Dec 2013	VF	USD 104.72 (EUR 90.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Jean Elsen & ses Fils s.a.