Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 2322. Estimate $100.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESSENIA, Messene. Late 2nd century BC. Æ Hemiobol or Hexachalkon (6.78 g, 12h). Wreathed head of Demeter right / Zeus standing right, holding eagle on his outstretched arm, preparing to cast thunderbolt; ΔIΩN and monogram-in-wreath to left, tripod to right. Grandjean 462a (D258/R413 – this coin); BCD Peloponnesos 736-8. VF, dark green patina.

Ex BCD Collection (not in LHS sale), purchased from A.H. Baldwin, March 1975.