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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 2557. Estimate $500. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009. 
Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARKADIA, Arkadian League. Circa 465-460 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.86 g, 3h). Mantinea mint. Zeus Lykaios seated left, holding scepter and thunderbolt; to left, eagle flying right / Head of Kallisto right, hair in sakkos, within incuse square. Williams, Confederate, period II, 118 (O79/R70); BCD Peloponnesos (Mantinea) -; Weber 4289 (same dies). VF, toned, light porosity, some pitting on obverse. Fine style. Very rare.


Ex BCD Collection (not in LHS sale); Christie’s New York (11 December 1992), lot 709.