Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 2589. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARKADIA, Arkadian League. Circa 450-440/30 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.91 g, 9h). Mantinea mint. Zeus Lykaios seated right, holding scepter; eagle flying right from his hand / Head of Kallisto right, wearing tainia, within incuse square. Williams, Confederate, period IV, 260 (O173/R168); BCD Peloponnesos (Mantinea) -. VF, toned, minor porosity, light scratches under tone on obverse, small die break on reverse. Very rare.

Ex BCD Collection (not in LHS sale), purchased from Coin Galleries, December 1979.