Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 316. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESSENIA, Messene. Circa 180-150 BC. Æ Hemiobol – Hexachalkon (6.03 g, 1h). Dexias, magistrate. Wreathed head of Demeter right / Zeus Bremetes standing right, eagle perched on arm; tripod to right. Grandjean 348a = BCD Peloponnesos 718 (this coin); SNG Copenhagen 513-514. Good VF, red-brown patina. Rare.

Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 718.