Hemidrachm

Features

Issuer Pherai (Thessaly)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 280 BC - 270 BC
Value Hemidrachm (½)
Currency Drachm
Composition Silver
Weight 2.51 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
171280
References BCD Thessaly I# 1323,
Nomos (editor); 10 May 2011. Coins of Thessaly : The BCD Collection (Public auction 4). Nomos, Zürich, Switzerland.
SNG Lockett# 1614
Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson, Richard Cyril Lockett; 1938. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum (Great Britain) / Volume 3.1. The Lockett Collection : Spain - Italy (Gold and Silver). Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom.
And 4 more volumes.

Obverse

Head of the water nymph Hypereia facing, turned slightly to left, wearing wreath of reeds in her hair, earring and necklace. To the left, a fish swimming upwards

Reverse

Ennodia, wearing chiton and wreath in her hair and holding transverse torch across her body seated facing on horse to right. Above left, lion’s head water spout to left

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΦΕΡΑΙΩΝ

Mint

Pherae, Thessaly, modern-day Velestino, Greece

Comments

Traité IV, 625, pl. CCXCV, 3.

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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 1323
Internet Archive
10 May 2011 VF USD 3996.97
(CHF 3600.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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