Description: Thrace, Byzantion, 387 - 340 BC. AR Hemidrachm. Forepart of bull on dolphin left, monogram (ΠY) above / Trident.

Diameter: AR11 mm

Weight: 1,72 g

Grade: aVF/gF

Attribution: Schoenert-Geiss 830-832

Commentary: well centered, shiny silver surfaces

History: During the Peloponnesian War Byzantion changed hands between Sparta and Athens, becoming Athenian in 390 BC, when the Athenian general Thrasybulus ended Spartan power.

Article Number: 020-03-02-41652