Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 2573. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $470. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARKADIA, Arkadian League. Circa 450-440/30 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.65 g, 6h). Mantinea mint. Zeus Lykaios seated left, holding scepter; eagle flying left from his hand / Head of Kallisto right within incuse square. Williams, Confederate, period IV, - (unlisted dies); BCD Peloponnesos (Mantinea) -. Good VF, toned, a few scratches. Unpublished dies.

Ex BCD Collection (not in LHS sale); Elsen 37 (17 December 1995), lot 79.

Although the dies are unpublished, the overall style is similar to the late period IV pieces at Mantinea (esp. obverse die 196).