Nemean Games

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 2483. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $710. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARGOLIS, Argos. Circa 90-50 BC. AR Triobol (2.46 g, 12h). Philokles, magistrate. Forepart of wolf at bay left / Large A; ΦI-ΛO/K-Λ/H-Σ in three lines around; below crossbar, krater inscribed (NE); all within incuse square. BCD Peloponnesos 1175-6. VF, toned.

Ex BCD Collection (not in LHS sale); Glendining’s (5 March 1980), lot 182 (part of).

The NE on the krater is an abbreviation of NEMEIA, referring to the Nemean games, which were traditionally held at Argos.