Hemidrachm

Hemidrachm - obverseHemidrachm - reverse

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Features

Issuer Ephesos (Ionia)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 335 BC - 320 BC
Value ½ Drachm
Currency Drachm
Composition Silver
Weight 1.6 g
Diameter 12 mm
Thickness 1.8 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered, incuse
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
173562
References SNG Munich 1# 22,
Peter Robert Franke, Harald Küthmann; 1968. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Deutschland / Heft 1. Hispania - Gallia Narbonensis : Staatliche Münzsammlung München. Gebr. Mann Verlag, Berlin, Germany.
SNG von Aulock 1 PPB# 1827
Gerhard Kleiner; 1957. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Deutschland / Hefte 1-3. Pontus, Paphlagonien, Bithynien : Sammlung von Aulock. Gebr. Mann Verlag, Berlin, Germany.
And 1 more volumes.

Obverse

Bee with straight wings

Script: Greek

Lettering: E-Φ

Translation: Short for "Ephesos"

Reverse

Incuse square divided into four by wide bands, magistrate name on the cross band

Mint

Ephesus, Ionia, modern-day Selçuk, Turkey

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (335 BC - 320 BC) 

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