Hemidrachm

Features

Issuer	Lyttos (Crete (ancient))
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	320 BC - 270 BC
Value	Hemidrachm (½)
Currency	Aeginetic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	2.73 g
Diameter	16 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered, Incuse
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 562081
References	SvoronosCr# 26 Ioannis Nikolaus Svoronos; 1890. Numismatique de la Crète ancienne. Protat frères, Paris, France. , SNG Lockett# 2582 Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson, Richard Cyril Lockett. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume III - The Lockett Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). , Consul Weber# 2162 Jacob Hirsch. Sammlung Consul Eduard Friedrich Weber. Munich, Bavaria, Germany (2 volumes). , Weber# 4530 Hermann David Weber, Leonard Forrer. Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Greek coins formed by Sir Hermann Weber M.D. 1823-1918. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes).

Obverse

Eagle with spread wings flying to left.

Reverse

Head of boar to right within incuse square bordered by dots.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΛΥΤΤSOS

Mint

Lyttos, Crete, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (320 BC - 270 BC)

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Nomos AG Auction 15 Lot 126	22 Oct 2017	VF	USD 2283.84 (CHF 1800.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex LHS 102, 29 April 2008, 249; Leu 81, 16 May 2001, 233; Bank Leu 7, 9 May 1973, 195; R.C. Lockett, III, Glendining & Co., 27 May 1959, 2054; P. Mathey, Feuardent Frères, 19 December 1921, 135 = SNG Lockett 2582
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