Two Rare Drachms Without Ground Lines

Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 679. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SIKYONIA, Sikyon. Circa 431-400 BC. AR Drachm (5.68 g, 10h). Chimaera standing left; ΣE below, no ground line / Dove flying left within wreath. BCD Peloponnesos 205.1 (this coin); SNG Copenhagen -; Weber 3908. VF, toned, porous, a few light marks. Rare.

Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 205.1.