Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 2543. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $325. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARKADIA, Arkadian League. Circa 465-460 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.77 g, 6h). Tegea mint. Zeus Lykaios seated left, holding scepter; eagle flying left from his hand / Head of Kallisto right, wearing tainia, within incuse square. Williams, Confederate, period II, 82 (O59/R52); BCD Peloponnesos (Tegea) -; BMC 36 (same dies); Jameson 1272 (same dies). Near VF, toned, slightly granular surfaces, light cleaning scratches under tone. Very rare.

Ex BCD Collection (not in LHS sale), purchased from V. England, May 1978.