Hemidrachm

Features

Issuer	Megara (Megaris)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	375 BC - 338 BC
Value	Hemidrachm (½)
Currency	Aeginetic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.06 g
Diameter	13 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 574166
References	BCD Peloponnesos# 3, 4, 6.2 Alan S. Walker; 2006. LHS Auction / Volume 96: The BCD Collection. Coins of Peloponnesos. LHS Numismatics, Zürich, Switzerland. , BMC Greek# 2 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , SNG Copenhagen# 461 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , McClean# 5981 Sidney W. Grose. Fitzwilliam Museum. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom (3 volumes). , Traité III# 104-105 Ernest Babelon; 1914. Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines / Partie 2.3. Description historique: Comprenant les monnaies de la Grèce centrale et méridionale aux Ve et IVe siècles avant J.-C.. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France. , Winterthur 1# 2019 Hansjörg Bloesch; 1987. Griechische Münzen in Winterthur 1. Münzkabinett der Stadt Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland (2 volumes). , Rhousopoulos# 2158 Jacob Hirsch; 1905. Auctions-Catalog einer hochbedeutenden Sammlung Griechischer Münzen: aus dem Nachlasse eines bekannten Archäologen = Auctions catalog of a highly important collection of Greek coins. Munich, Bavaria, Germany. , de Luynes# 2121 Jean Babelon, Louis Ciani (ed.), Jules Florange (ed.). Catalogue de la collection de Luynes - monnaies grecques. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France (4 volumes). , HGC 4# 1786 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.

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Obverse

Laureate head of Apollo left.

Reverse

Pentaskeles of crescents.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΜΕΓΑΡ

Mint

Megara, Megaris, modern-day Megara, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (375 BC - 338 BC)						$ 580

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Nomos AG obolos 33 Lot 284	8 Sep 2024	F	USD 583.77 (CHF 460.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	CNG Electronic Auction 247 Lot 88	12 Jan 2011	F	USD 669.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8-9 May 2006), lot 4 = BCD Peloponnesos 4 = Rhousopoulos 2158
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Electronic Auction 247 Lot 89	12 Jan 2011	F	USD 1100.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8-9 May 2006), lot 6.2 = BCD Peloponnesos 6.2
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.