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Ex Lindgren Collection

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 2316. Estimate $100. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009. 
Sold For $270. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESSENIA, Messene. Circa 180-150 BC. Æ Hemiobol or hexachalkon (6.97 g, 9h). Wreathed head of Demeter right / Zeus standing right, holding eagle on his outstretched arm, preparing to cast thunderbolt; KΛ to left, tripod to right. Grandjean 297a (D180/R261) = Lindgren 1674 (this coin); BCD Peloponnesos 715. VF, olive-green patina. Rare.


Ex BCD Collection (not in LHS sale); Henry Clay Lindgren Collection, 1674.