Last additions - Bithynia
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Kalchedon (AD 238-244) AE 25 - Tranquillina824 viewsTranquillina, 238-244 AD. AE25 (8.25g). Bust right / Apollo holding lyre reclining on back of swan swimming left.Aug 21, 2005
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Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Sosigenes880 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 2.48g, 3h). Laureate head of Apollo right, KIA below / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, ΣΩΣΙ-ΓΕÎΗΣ. EF.Jul 15, 2005
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Kretia-Flaviopolis (AD 198-209) AE 27 - Geta695 viewsGeta, as Caesar, 198-209 AD. AE27 (10.70g, 1h). ΠCΕΡΤΙ - ΓΕΤΑC Κ, head right / ΚΡΗΤΙΕΩΠ- ΦΛΑΟVΙΟ / ΠΟΛΙ. Good F.Jun 27, 2005
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Nikomedeia (AD 209-211) AE 30 - Geta780 viewsGeta, as Augustus, 209-211 AD. AE30 (17.75g, 1h). Geta, laureate, head to right, AVT K P SEP | GETAS A[VGOV] (completed from the Paris Geta with statue on column between two temples) / Seven-line legend: [--- / -----] / NIKOMEDE / ON DIS NEO / KORON PRO / TON BITHYNI / AS KE (for kai?) PON / T O V (spaced between loops of bowknot); all in laurel wreath.
The illegible top two lines in the wreath might be ΤΩΝ ΑΘΛΩΝ, from the Games. The obverse die is the only obverse for Geta as Augustus, that of the two-temple reverse (Waddington). The legend-in-wreath reverse is evidently unlisted anywhere.Jun 27, 2005
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Tion (AD 98-117) AE 25 - Trajan1796 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE25 (6.60g). Laureate bust right / Serapis standing facing left holding snake entwined staff. Ex Nemesis Ancients.Jun 26, 2005
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Herakleia Pontika (BC 337-305) Didrachm - Dionysios1239 viewsca 337-305 BC, time of Tyrant Dionysios. AR Didrachm (9.64g). Head of Dionysos left, wreathed in ivy / Naked Herakles left, with lion skin and club, erecting trophy of arms. aVF. Rare.
Dionysios was the unelected overlord of Heraclea Pontica and its surrounds - a tyrant. He managed to keep his domain relatively independent within the Persian Empire. The Macedonian invasion of Asia Minor in 333 BC did not disturb the area and Dionysus remained, even whilst Antigonus Mono. monitored Alexander's lines of communications. After 323 BC, as Ariarathes I of Cappadocia struck North into Sinope and much of the surrounds, still Dionysus prevailed even whilst Perdiccas and Eumenes restored order. He married Amastris the niece of the deceased King Darius III (divorced from Craterus having been wedded at Susa in 324 BC by Alexander) and she bore him 3 sons. He died in 305 BC and she ruled on with her sons. Soon Lysimachos was making advances and they married in 302 BC. VF.Jun 02, 2005
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Tion (AD 130-138) AE - Antinous1741 viewsAntinous, favorite of Hadrian, died 130 AD. AE44 - Medallion (41.12g), struck 130-138 AD. ΑÎΤΙÎΟΩΙ ΗΡΩΙ, Bare-headed and draped bust left / Antinous, as Dionysos, riding on panther right, TIANOI below. Dark green patina, VF. Very rare.May 22, 2005
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Tion (AD 220-240) AE 30635 viewsCivic Issue, ca 220-240 AD. AE30 (11.92g). Diademed and draped bust of Tius right; countermark: H surmounted by star within circular incuse / Tyche standing right, holding scepter, facing Zeus standing left, also holding scepter and sacrificing over altar between them. Good Fine, brown patina.May 22, 2005
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Tion (AD 98-117) AE 32 - Trajan732 viewsTrajan, 98-117 AD. AE32 (23.56g). AVT NEP TPAIANOC KAICAP CEB GM D, laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / ZEVC CVPGACTEIOC TIANWN, Zeus Syrgastes standing left, holding patera and sceptre, eagle at feet. VF, orichalcum patina, some porosity. Zeus Syrgastes represents the assimilation of Zeus with a local high god.May 22, 2005
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Tion (AD 130-138) AE 44 - Antinous773 viewsAntinous, favorite of Hadrian, died 130 AD. AE44 - Medallion (38.64g), struck 130-138 AD. ΑÎΤΙÎΟΩΙ ΗΡΩΙ, Bare-headed and draped bust left / Antinous, as Dionysos, riding on panther right, TIANOI below. VF, dark brown patina with some red on the reverse, light smoothing. Rare.May 22, 2005
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Herakleia Pontika (BC 352-345) Tridrachm2411 viewsca 352-345 BC, time of Tyrant Satyros. AR Tridrachm (11.58g). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin / Bust of Hera left, wearing decorative turreted stephane; ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΑ to right. Toned, VF. Rare. Ex Jameson Coll. 1183; ex von Aulock Coll., Auktion Kricheldorf 4 (1974), lot 98.May 22, 2005
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Herakleia Pontika (BC 302-281) Didrachm1106 viewsca 302-281 BC. AR Didrachm (9.78g). Head of Herakles right / Dionysos sitting on throne left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑ[Ν] to right. Fine toning, EF. Rare.May 22, 2005
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Herakleia Pontika (BC 345-337) Didrachm841 viewsca 345-337 BC, time of Tyrants Timotheos and Dionysios. AR Didrachm (9.30g). Head of Dionysos left / Naked Herakles with lion skin and club; trophy. VF. Rare.May 22, 2005
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Herakleia Pontika (BC 394-364) Drachm913 viewsca 394-364 BC. AR Drachm (5.14g). Head of Herakles left, weraing lion skin / ΗΡΑΚ/ΛΕΙΑ, bull butting left. VF. Rare. Ex von Aulock Collection and Auktion M&M Basel 52 (1975), lot 160.May 22, 2005
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Bithynion-Hadriana (AD 198-217) AE 20 - Caracalla784 viewsCaracalla, 197-215 AD. AE20 (3.82g). Draped bust right / ΒΙΘΥÎΙΕΩΠ- ΑΔΡΙΑÎΩÎ, Athena standing facing, wearing long chiton and Aegis, helmeted head turned left, holding spear in left hand, patera in right, shield at side. Brown patina, VF. Ex von Aulock Collection.May 22, 2005
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Bithynion-Hadriana (AD 218-222) AE 29 - Elagabalus716 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE29 (11.31g). Draped bust right / ΒΙΘΥÎΙΕΩΠ- ΑΔΡΙΑÎΩÎ, Nemesis standing facing, wearing long garb, head to left, right hand at chin; wheel at side. Dark brown patina, aVF. Unpublished?May 22, 2005
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Bithynion-Klaudiopolis (AD 81-96) AE - Domitian1037 viewsDomitian, 81-96 AD. AE (12.95g). AUT DOMITIANOS KAISAR SEB GER, laureate head right / KLAUDIOPOLEITWN, Zeus sitting left on throne, holding thunderbolt and scepter. Red-brown patina, VF.May 22, 2005
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Dia (BC 120-80) AE1792 viewsca 120-80 BC. AE (6.65g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing on thunderbolt left, head right; monogram to left, ΔΙΑΣ below. Light brown patina, EF. Rare.May 22, 2005
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Nikomedeia (BC 62-59) AE 252969 viewsC. Papirius Carbo, Proconsul, 62-59 BC. AE25 (8.62g, 12h). Dated year 224 (59 BC). NIKOMHDEWN, laureate head of Zeus right / EPI GAIO[U] PAPIRIOU KARBWN[OS], RWMH in exergue, Roma seated left on pile of shields, holding Nike in right hand, spear in left; monogram in inner left field, DKS (date) below shields. EF, dark green, almost black patina. Ex Freedman Coll. (Triton V, 1/2002), lot 421; Numismatic Fine Arts V (2/1978), lot 313.May 22, 2005
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Apameia (AD 253-268) AE 24 - Gallienus945 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE24 (8.48g). Radiate bust right / COL IVL C - O - N - C AVG [APAM] / D - D, Sarapis in Chiton and Himation standing facing, head with kalathos to left, holding scepter in left hand, right hand raised in greeting, burning altar to left. Dark olive-green patina, VF.May 22, 2005
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Apameia (BC 48/47) AE1534 viewsca 48/47 BC, in name of Proconsul C. Vibius Pansa. AE (7.78g). Head of Apollo right / Lyre. VF. Rare.May 22, 2005
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Apameia (AD 37-41) AE 23 - Caligula1470 viewsCaligula, 37-41 AD. AE23 (6.45g). DRVSVS NERO CAESARES D D, bust of Nero and Drusus / AGRIPPINA DIVA DRVSILLA IVLIA, the Caligula sisters standing facing, Agrippina with cornucopiae, right hand on column, Drusilla with patera and cornucopiae, and Julia with ruder and cornucopiae. Dark green patina, EF. Extremely rare.May 22, 2005
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Herakleia Pontika (BC 350) Drachm748 viewsca mid-4th cent BC. AR Drachm (3.89g). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin / Bust of Hera left, wearing decorative stephane, moon to left; ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΑ to right. Toned, VF. Rare.Mar 27, 2005
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(BC 128-94) Nikomedes III - Tetradrachm1018 viewsca 128-92 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.02g), dated year 204 of Bithynian era (= 94/93 BC). Diademed head right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑÎΟΥΣ ÎΙΚΟΜΗΔΟΥ, Zeus standing left, wreath in right hand, staff in left; eagle and mongram to left, ΔΣ (date) below. Slight spotting, EF. Ex MuM 88 (1999), lot 212; Ex Deppert Liste 2 (9/1959), lot 64.Mar 27, 2005
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(BC 228-183) Prusias I - AE 27842 viewsPrusias I, 228-183 BC. AE27 (9.88g). Head Apollo left / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, Athena-Nike with shield crowning king's name. Beautiful patina, scratches in reverse field, good very fine.Mar 21, 2005
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(BC 228-183) Prusias I - Tetradrachm2700 viewsPrusias I, 228-183 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.30g, 32mm). Diademed head right / Zeus standing left, holding wreath and lotus tipped scepter; thunderbolt and two monograms to left; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ. Rare. Good VF.Feb 21, 2005
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(BC 228-183) Prusias I - Tetradrachm1295 viewsPrusias I, 228-183 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.99g, 12h). Diademed head right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, Zeus standing left, holding wreath in right hand, lotus tipped sceptre in left; thunderbolt above two monograms to inner left. Good VF, light scratches.Feb 07, 2005
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Prusa ad Olympum (AD 198-217) AE 25 - Caracalla740 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE25 (9.51g). Laureate head right, AVT K M AVP ANTWNEINOC CEB / Ajax the Telamonian falling upon his sword left; pile of stones before, shield below, PRO-UCAEW-N above. EF, dark green patina. Rare Trojan War reference. Simpson Coll.
Ajax led the warriors of Salamis to Troy, and was regarded as the second greatest Greek warrior, after Achilles. When he failed to win Achilles' armor after the latter's tragic death, Ajax went mad and, after creating turmoil amidst the Greek ranks, finally committed suicide by falling on his sword.Dec 24, 2004
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Nikaia (AD 253-268) AE 24 - Gallienus537 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE24 (9.13g).Dec 21, 2004
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(BC 228-183) Prusias I - AE 23961 viewsPrusias I, 228-183 BC. AE23 (9.92g). Diademed head of Zeus right / Thunderbolt, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ above and below, within wreath. Good VF, glossy dark brown patina with some green encrustation.Dec 21, 2004
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Kalchedon (BC 387-340) Drachm963 viewsmid 4th cent BC. AR Drachm (3.81g). Bull standing left above grain ear, ΚΑΛΧ above, caduceus and B to left, A below belly / Quadripartite, granulated incuse square. EF. Drewry Coll.; Ex Christie's (6/1993), lot 39.Dec 21, 2004
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Kalchedon (BC 340-320) 1/4 Siglos880 viewsearly 4th century BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.11g). Bull standing left on grain ear, KA above / Mill sail incuse. Toned, near EF, minor porosity.Dec 21, 2004
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Kalchedon (BC 340-320) Siglos2478 viewsca early 4th cent. BC. AR Siglos (5.36g). Bull standing left above grain ear, ΚΑΛΧ above / Incuse square of mill-sail pattern. Toned EF.Dec 21, 2004
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Kalchedon (BC 387-340) Tetradrachm1080 viewsca mid 4th cent. BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.19g). Bull standing left on wheat ear, ΚΑΛX above, caduceus and star before / Quadripartite incuse square, granulated. EF, a few small spots of minor encrustation on obverse, choice flan. Ex Triton IV (12/2000), lot 232; Muenzen und Medaillen Auk. 54 (10/1978), lot 256.Dec 21, 2004
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Kalchedon (BC 387-340) Tetradrachm921 viewsca mid 4th century BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.91g). Bull standing left on wheat ear, ΚΑΛX above, ΔΑ before / Quadripartite incuse square, granulated. Lightly toned, near EF, worn obverse die, old scuff on rump.Dec 21, 2004
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Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Posis648 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.47g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, Π-ΟΣΙΣ (magistrate) above. Good VF, light reverse double-strike.Dec 21, 2004
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Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Demetrios715 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.39g). Laureate head of Apollo right, KIA below / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, ΔΗΜΗ-ΤΡΙΟΣ (magistrate) above and below. Nice VF, soft reverse strike.Dec 21, 2004
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Kios (BC 350-300) Drachm - Nikas638 views350-300 BC. AR Drachm (5.07g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ÎΙΚΑΣ (magistrate) above. Good style, good VF. Very rare! Dec 21, 2004
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Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Bakheus707 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.55g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, ΒΑΚ-ΧΕΥΣ (magistrate) above and below. Good VF. Dec 21, 2004
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Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Aristokrates831 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.56g). Laureate head of Apollo right, K[IA] below / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, ΑΡΙΣΤΟ-ΚΡΑΤΗΣ (magistrate) above and below. Lightly toned, good VF, light porosity. Apparently an unrecorded denomination for this magistrate.Dec 21, 2004
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Kios (BC 350-300) Drachm - Proxenos961 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Drachm (5.07g). Laureate head of Apollo right, KIA below / Prow of galley left, ΠΡΟΞ-ΕÎΟΣ (magistrate) above and below. EF, attractive style, light porosity. A rare denomination and apparently unrecorded for this magistrate.Dec 21, 2004
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Kios (BC 330-300) AE 111325 viewsca 325-300 BC. AE11 (1.28g). Head of Mithras right, wearing a laureate tiara / Kantharos with two grape vines, K-I-A around, within wreath of grain. EF, black patina, some roughness on the reverse. Rare. Dec 21, 2004
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Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Athenodoros757 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.51g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, grain ear before, Α-ΘΗÎΟ-ΔΩΡΟΣ (magistrate) above and below. Good VF.Dec 21, 2004
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Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Miletos689 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.51g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, ΜΙΛΗ-ΤΟΣ (magistrate) above and below. Nice VF.Dec 21, 2004
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Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Sosandros817 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.58g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, Σ-ΩΣΑÎ-ΔΡΟΣ (magistrate) above and below. Good VF.Dec 21, 2004
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Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Sosigenes784 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.50g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, ΣΩΣΙ-ΓΕÎΗΣ (magistrate) above and below. Nice VF.Dec 21, 2004
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Kios (BC 350-300) Hemidrachm - Poseidonios702 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.54g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star, ΠΟΣΕΙ-ΔΩÎΙΟΣ (magistrate) above and below. Good VF.Dec 21, 2004
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Kios (BC 350-300) Drachm - Nikas780 viewsca 350-300 BC. AR Drachm (5.16g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ÎΙΚΑΣ (magistrate) above. Deeply toned, VF. Very rare.Dec 21, 2004
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Nikaia (AD 222-234) AE 22 - Severus Alexander854 viewsSeverus Alexander, 222-234 AD. AE22 (4.16g, 8h). M AVP CEVH AΛEXANΔPOC AVΓ, laureate head right / NIKAIEΩN, Aphrodite-Venus kneeling right, nude but for cloth draped across her lap, flanked by two winged Erotes, each holding a torch, with the one on the left also holding up a mirror, which Aphrodite turns to gaze into. Good VF, smooth olive green patina. Important mythological type.Dec 17, 2004
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Bithynia Uncertain (AD 117-138) AE 26 - Koinon of Hadrian946 viewsKoinon of Bithynia, Hadrian, 117-138 AD. AE26 (13.11g). Radiate head right / Octastyle temple. Nice VF, green patina.Dec 06, 2004
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Kalchedon (BC 480-450) Drachm2644 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Drachm (4.52g). Diademed male head (Kalchas) with pointed beard left / Wheel of four spokes within shallow circular incuse. Very rare, with a fine head of the city's founder in archaic style. Obverse with dark patina as found, reverse corroded, otherwise, Very Fine. Von Aulock coll.Dec 06, 2004
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Nikomedeia (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian3772 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.25g), struck after 128 AD. IMP CAES TRA HADRIANO AVG P P, laureate head right / COM-BIT across field, octastyle temple, ROM S P AVG across frieze, pellet in pediment. Choice EF.Dec 06, 2004
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Kalchedon (BC 387-340) Hemidrachm1150 viewsca mid 4th cent BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.84g, 12mm, 5h). KAΛ, forepart of bull left on grain ear, ΔA monogram before / three grain ears. Toned, good VF. Rare denomination.Nov 24, 2004
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