Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 2494. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $561. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARGOLIS, Epidauros. Circa 250-240 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.28 g, 4h). Reduced standard. Laureate head of Asklepios left; E behind / EΠ monogram within wreath. Requier, Monnayage, series 2, dies D1/R3, 177 (this coin); BCD Peloponnesos 1242 (same dies). Good VF, toned, slight die shift on reverse. Rare.

Ex BCD Collection (not in LHS sale); 1979/80 Epidaurus Hoard (CH VII, 69).