Hemidrachm

Features

Issuer Pharkadon (Thessaly)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 460 BC - 440 BC
Value Hemidrachm (½)
Currency Drachm
Composition Silver
Weight 2.96 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered, incuse
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
171184
References BCD Thessaly I# 1266,
Nomos (editor); 10 May 2011. Coins of Thessaly : The BCD Collection (Public auction 4). Nomos, Zürich, Switzerland.
McClean# 4672
Sidney W. Grose; 1923. Fitzwilliam Museum / Volume 1. Western Europe, Magna Graecia, Sicily : Catalogue of the McClean Collection of Greek Coins. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

Thessalos striding right, his petasos hanging from a cord around his neck, holding a band in both his hands around the head of the forepart of a bull moving right

Reverse

Forepart of bridled horse to right, rein trailing and downwards across torso, trident. Qll within incuse square

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΦΑ R ΚΑ

Mint

Pharcadon, Thessaly, Greece

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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 1266
Internet Archive
10 May 2011 VF USD 1875.98
(CHF 1700.00)
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