Tetradrachm

Features

Issuer	Kyrene (Kyrenaica)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	495 BC - 475 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Drachma poddasza
Composition	Srebro
Weight	17.47 g
Diameter	22 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana, Incuse
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 550564
References	BMC Greek# 13A British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , Asyut# 819-820 Martin Jessop Price, Nancy M. Waggoner; 1975. Archaic Greek Silver Coinage: The "Asyut" Hoard. Vecchi, London, United Kingdom. , Regling Kunstwerk# 50 Kurt Regling; 1924. Die antike Münze als Kunstwerk = The ancient coin as a work of art. Berlin, Germany.

Obverse

(en) Silphium plant, a lion’s head facing to left on right, fruits above and below.

Reverse

(en) Eagle’s head facing to left, a tortoise on left, all within a dotted square border within an incuse square.

Mint

Cyrene, Cyrenaica, Libya

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (495 BC - 475 BC)

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Künker Auction 94 Lot 1593	27 Sep 2004	VF	USD 5572.58 (EUR 4800.00) (+ buyer's premium)
= Asyut 819
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	The New York Sale Auction 27 Lot 631	4 Jan 2012	F	USD 4500.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© The New York Sale