One of the Rarest Peloponnesian Coins

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 2683. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $1750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARKADIA, Methydrion. Circa 370-340 BC. Æ Dichalkon (5.05 g, 5h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Kallisto seated left, falling backwards with arms outstretched, an arrow piercing her breast; below, the infant Arkas lying on his back, reaching upward toward Kallisto. BCD Peloponnesos 1572. Near VF, brown patina with hues of green. Extremely rare, one of the rarest Peloponnesian coins.

Ex BCD Collection (not in LHS sale), purchased from Leu, January 1979; from the old stock of Jacob Hirsch, with his ticket.