Drachm

Features

Issuer	Megara (Megaris)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	300 BC - 250 BC
Value	Drachm (1)
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	4.17 g
Diameter	19 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 574118
References	BCD Peloponnesos# 12-13, 16 Alan S. Walker; 2006. LHS Auction / Volume 96: The BCD Collection. Coins of Peloponnesos. LHS Numismatics, Zürich, Switzerland. , BMC Greek# 8-9 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , SNG Copenhagen# 466 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , BostonMFA# 1105 Agnes Baldwin Brett; 1955. Catalogue of Greek Coins. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. , McClean# 5984 Sidney W. Grose. Fitzwilliam Museum. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom (3 volumes). , Bement# 1132 William S. Kundig (ed.); 1924. Collection Clarence S. Bement / Monnaies grecques antiques en or et en argent. Naville & Cie, Geneva, Switzerland (2 volumes). , de Luynes# 2122 Jean Babelon, Louis Ciani (ed.), Jules Florange (ed.). Catalogue de la collection de Luynes - monnaies grecques. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France (4 volumes). , SNG Fitzwilliam# 3308 Fritz Heichelheim. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume IV - The Fitzwilliam Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (8 volumes). , Ward# 508 John Ward, George Francis Hill; 1902. Greek coins and their parent cities. John Murray, London, United Kingdom. , HGC 4# 1788 Oliver D. Hoover; 2014. Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Greece / Volume 4: Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris, and Corinthia : Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Laureate head of Apollo right.

Reverse

Kithara.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΜΕΓΑ
ΡΕΩΝ

Mint

Megara, Megaris, modern-day Megara, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (300 BC - 250 BC)						$ 170	$ 3000

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Examples of the type

de Luynes 2122

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	CNG Electronic Auction 247 Lot 94	12 Jan 2011	XF	USD 15 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
From BCD, John W. Garrett, Clarence S. Bement and Maxime Collignon collections; ex LHS 96, 8-9 May 2006, 16; NFA & Leu, 16 Oct 1984, 220; Naville VII, 23 June 1924, 1132; Feuardent, 17 Dec 1919, 265; J. Hirsch XVI, 5 Dec 1906, 484
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: CNG Triton XXIX Lot 187	13 Jan 2026	VF	USD 3000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Electronic Auction 247 Lot 91	12 Jan 2011	VF	USD 1700.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8-9 May 2006), lot 13; Hess-Leu 45 (12 May 1970), lot 191; Münzhandlung Basel 8 (22 March 1937), lot 298 = BCD Peloponnesos 13
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Auctiones eAuction 61 Lot 12	16 Sep 2018	VF	USD 2025.73 (CHF 1600.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Auctiones GmbH
	Auctiones eAuction 50 Lot 62	11 Sep 2016	VF	Unsold
© Auctiones GmbH
	Auctiones eAuction 31 Lot 32	23 Nov 2014	VF	Unsold
© Auctiones GmbH
	Auctiones eAuction 5 Lot 25	15 Apr 2012	VF	Unsold
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, John Ward and BCD collections; ex LHS 96, 8-9 May 2006, 12 = BCD Peloponnesos 12 = Ward 508
© Auctiones GmbH
	CNG Triton XV Lot 1175	3 Jan 2012	VF	USD 4000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Leu Numismatik Web Auction 26 Lot 856	8 Jul 2023	F	USD 113.95 (CHF 90.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Leu Numismatik
	CNG Electronic Auction 392 Lot 194	1 Mar 2017	F	USD 220.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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