Didrachm - Krethes

Features

Issuer Naxos (Cyclades)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 200 BC - 180 BC
Value Didrachm (2)
Currency Drachm
Composition Silver
Weight 7.78 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
183432

Obverse

Head of bearded Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath

Reverse

Wreathed krater on a high foot with low handles. To right, thyrsos

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΝΑΞΙ
ΚΡΗΘΕ

Mint

Naxos, Cyclades, modern-day Chora, Island of Naxos, Greece

Comments

BMC –. SNG Copenhagen –. Boston, MFA –. Nicolet-Pierre, RN 1999, p. 100, 18.
Only four specimens listed by Nicolet-Pierre.

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Didrachm - Krethes
Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 126
Lot 187
Internet Archive
17 Nov 2021 XF USD 19 958.97
(CHF 18 000.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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