Hemidrachm

Features

Issuer Neapolis (Macedon)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 424 BC - 350 BC
Value Hemidrachm (½)
Currency Drachm
Composition Silver
Weight 1.92 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
184322
References SNG ANS 1# 444,
Joan E. Fischer; 1969. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum / Part 1. Etruria-Calabria : The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. American Numismatic Society, New York, United States.
SNG Copenhagen# 227-228
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.

Obverse

Gorgoneion facing with protruding tongue

Reverse

Head of the nymph of Neapolis to right, her hair coiled around her head and with a bun at the back, wearing a plain necklace with a pendant

Script: Greek

Lettering: Ν Ε Ο Π

Mint

Neapolis, Pangaean District, modern-day Kavala, Greece

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Hemidrachm
Nomos AG
Auction 6
Lot 46
Internet Archive
8 May 2012 XF USD 3084.98
(CHF 2783.00)
(incl. buyer's premium)
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