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Hemidrachm

Features

Issuer Rhodes
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 408 BC - 390 BC
Value Hemidrachm (½)
Currency Chian-Rhodian drachm
Composition Srebro
Weight 1.52 g
Diameter 12.5 mm
Shape Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique Młotkowana, Incuse
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
452428
References Ashton# 11 var.
Richard Ashton; 2001. “The Coinage of Rhodes 408-c.190 BC”, Money and its uses in the ancient Greek world, pages 79-115.
, SNG Keckman Karia# 360
Ulla Westermark; 1994. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Finland / Part 1. The Erkki Keckman Collection in the Skopbank, Helsinki: Karia. Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, Helsinki, Finland.
, HGC 6# 1425
Oliver D. Hoover; 2010. Handbook of Coins of the Islands / Volume 6: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian Seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus) : Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom.
, HN Online# 785
Historia numorum (http://hno.huma-num.fr/)
, Waddington# 2776
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.
, Ashton Revised# 22
Richard Ashton; 1993. “A revised arrangement for the earliest coinage of Rhodes”, Essays in honour of Robert Carson and Kenneth Jenkins, pages 9-16.

Obverse

Promienista głowa Heliosa zwrócona lekko w prawo.Automatically translated

Reverse

Ρ / Ο / Δ / Ι w czterech rogach; głowa nimfy Rhodos w prawo; całość w kwadracie z wcięciem.Automatically translated

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΡΟΔΙ

Mint

Ródos, Caria, modern-day Island of Rhodes, Greece

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Examples of the type

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© Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica, ark:/12148/btv1b8523411z
11 mm1.83 g
Waddington 2776
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Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
Hess Divo
Auction 307
Lot 1266
Internet Archive
7 Jun 2007 XF USD 2028.20
(CHF 1600.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
CNG
Triton XXVIII Online Sessions
Lot 5168
Internet Archive
22 Jan 2025 VF USD 500.00
(+ buyer's premium)
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