Hemidrachm

Features

Issuer Ainianes (Thessaly)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 360 BC - 350 BC
Value Hemidrachm (½)
Currency Drachm
Composition Silver
Weight 2.73 g
Diameter 16.0 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
170821
References BCD Thessaly I# 1013,
Nomos (editor); 10 May 2011. Coins of Thessaly : The BCD Collection (Public auction 4). Nomos, Zürich, Switzerland.
BostonMFA# 871,
Agnes Baldwin Brett; 1955. Catalogue of Greek Coins. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
BMC Greek# 2,
Reginald Stuart Poole; 1876. A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum / Volume 2. Sicily. British Museum, London, United Kingdom.
And 26 more volumes.
Jameson# 1079
Robert Jameson; 1913. Collection R. Jameson / Tome 1. Monnaies grecques antiques : monnaies grecques antiques. Feuardent​, Paris, France.
And 3 more volumes.

Obverse

Laureate and bearded head of Zeus to left

Reverse

The hero Phemios, nude but for a belt holding a short sword in a scabbard and a chlamys draped over his shoulders and his left arm, standing left, facing front with his head turned to right, hurling a javelin with his right hand and holding his petasos, as if it were a small shield, with his left; on the ground line between his feet, sideways Φ

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΑΙΝΙΑΝ
ΩΝ

Mint

Hypata, Thessaly, modern-day Argirochori, Greece

Comments

Traité IV, 452, pl. CCLXXXVII, 15.

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
Nomos AG
Auction 4: BCD Collection of Thessaly
Lot 1013
Internet Archive
10 May 2011 XF USD 11 082.83
(CHF 10 000.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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