Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 2580. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARKADIA, Arkadian League. Circa 460-450 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.88 g, 9h). Mantinea mint. Zeus Lykaios seated left, holding scepter; eagle flying left from his hand / Head of Kallisto left, wearing tainia, within incuse square. Williams, Confederate, period III, 232 (O158/R145); BCD Peloponnesos (Mantinea) -; SNG Copenhagen 168 (same dies). VF, toned, die breaks on reverse. Well centered. Very rare.

Ex BCD Collection (not in LHS sale); C.J. Martin FPL (September/October 1988), no. G20.