Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 2325. Estimate $100.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESSENIA, Messene. Circa 50-30 BC. Æ Hemiobol or Hexachalkon (7.60 g, 12h). Diademed head of Demeter right / Zeus Soter standing right, holding scepter and eagle on his outstretched arm; NIKAPXOC to left, tripod and wreath to right. Grandjean 516a (D289/R462 – this coin); BCD Peloponnesos 749 (same obv. die). VF, green patina with a spot of red.

Ex BCD Collection (not in LHS sale), purchased from A.H. Baldwin, January 1974.