Hemidrachm - temp. Artaxerxes III / Darius III

Features

Issuer Satrapy of Ionia (Achaemenid Satrapies)
King Artaxerxes III Ochus (358 BC - 336 BC)
Darius III Codomannus (336 BC - 330 BC)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 350 BC - 334 BC
Value Hemidrachm (½)
Currency Drachm (550-330 BCE)
Composition Silver
Weight 2 g
Diameter 14 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
72110
References BMC Greek# 11
Reginald Stuart Poole; 1876. A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum / Volume 2. Sicily. British Museum, London, United Kingdom.
And 26 more volumes.

Obverse

Persian king in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow, quiver over shoulder

Reverse

Two concentric squares with line jutting from bottom

Comments

(PROVINCIAL COIN WITH ROYAL TYPE - Greco-Asiatic Standard - series IV)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (350 BC - 334 BC)  Ionia

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