Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 312. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Lampsakos. 4th-3rd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.71 g, 7h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Helmeted head of Athena right. Baldwin, Lampsakos -; SNG France -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -. VF, light porosity. Very rare, unpublished in the standard references.

The reverse type is commonly found on Lampsakos hemidrachms of the 4th century BC, with a janiform head on the obverse (cf. SNG France 1175-81). The obverse type typically occurs on Lampsakos bronzes dated to the 4th-3rd centuries BC (cf. SNG France 1200-1).