Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 2498. Estimate $100.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $155. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARGOLIS, Epidauros. Circa 250-200 BC. Æ Dichalkon (2.90 g, 12h). Laureate head of Asklepios right / Serpent coiled right; EΠ monogram above, [EΠ monogram below]. Newell, Five, -; BCD Peloponnesos 1250.1 corr. (monogram, not Π below). Near VF, dark green patina with patches of red. Rare.

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

Although off the flan on this example, the illustration of lot 1250.1 in the LHS catalog clearly displays the central bar of the E within the monogram below the serpent.