Hemidrachm

Features

Issuer Thebai (Thessaly)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 302 BC - 286 BC
Value Hemidrachm (½)
Currency Drachm
Composition Silver
Weight 2.62 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
170839
References SNG Copenhagen# 259,
Niels Breitenstein, Willy Schwabacher; 1942. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 1. Italy, Part 1 : Etruria - Campania. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
And 43 more volumes.
BCD Thessaly I# 1347,
Nomos (editor); 10 May 2011. Coins of Thessaly : The BCD Collection (Public auction 4). Nomos, Zürich, Switzerland.
BMC Greek# 1
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.

Obverse

Head of Demeter to right, wearing grain wreath and veil

Reverse

Protesilaos, wearing crested helmet and armor, and holding shield in his left hand and sword in his right, advancing to right over waves of the sea on the shore. Behind him to the left, the prow of a galley

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΘΗΒΑΙΩΝ

Mint

Thebae, Thessaly, modern-day Nea Anchialos, Greece

Comments

Moustaka pl 11, 92.

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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 1347
Internet Archive
10 May 2011 XF USD 7724.62
(CHF 7000.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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